The Emergence of Contrast-Invariant Orientation Tuning in Simple Cells of Cat Visual Cortex

Neuron

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 137-152

  Finn, Ian M ^a   Priebe, Nicholas J ^a   Ferster, David ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; DEPOLARIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33947631976     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2007.02.029     Document Type: Article

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