Contrast gain control is drift-rate dependent: An informational analysis

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1078-1087

  Hietanen, M A ^a   Crowder, N A ^a   Ibbotson, M R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ILLUMINATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CATS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FIXATION, OCULAR; INFORMATION THEORY; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33846926722     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00991.2006     Document Type: Article

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