Functional connectivity between simple cells and complex cells in cat striate cortex

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 395-403

  Alonso, Jose Manuel ^a   Martinez, Luis M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAT; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33644685838     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/1609     Document Type: Article

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