Direction selectivity of neurons in the striate cortex increases as stimulus contrast is decreased

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2705-2712

  Peterson, Matthew R ^a   Li, Baowang ^a   Freeman, Ralph D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CATS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33646188963     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00885.2005     Document Type: Article

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