A functional circuitry for edge-induced brightness perception

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1185-1190

  Hung, Chou P ^a   Ramsden, Benjamin M ^b   Roe, Anna Wang ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 34548297407     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1948     Document Type: Article

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