Neural network model of the primary visual cortex: From functional architecture to lateral connectivity and back

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-241

  Blumenfeld, Barak ^a   Bibitchkov, Dmitri ^a   Tsodyks, Misha ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Neural network model; Optical imaging; Orientation selectivity; Spontaneous activity; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE;

ACTIVITY PATTERNS; FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE; NEURAL NETWORK MODEL; OPTICAL IMAGING; ORIENTATION MAPS; ORIENTATION SELECTIVITY; PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX; SENSORY INPUT; SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY; VISUAL CORTEXES;

NEURAL NETWORK MODELS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHESIS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 33646518526     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10827-006-6307-y     Document Type: Article

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