How Much the Eye Tells the Brain

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1428-1434

  Koch, Kristin ^a   McLean, Judith ^a   Segev, Ronen ^b   Freed, Michael A ^a   Berry II, Michael J ^b   Balasubramanian, Vijay ^a   Sterling, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENTROPY; GUINEA PIG; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENTROPY; GUINEA PIGS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANURA; CAVIA PORCELLUS;

EID: 33745980794     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.05.056     Document Type: Article

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