A theoretical analysis of the influence of fixational instability on the development of thalamocortical connectivity

Neural Computation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 569-590

  Casile, Antonino ^a   Rucci, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645707276     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: 1530888X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/neco.2006.18.3.569     Document Type: Article

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