Complex cells increase their phase sensitivity at low contrasts and following adaptation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1155-1166

  Crowder, N A ^a   Van Kleef, J ^a   Dreher, B ^b   Ibbotson, M R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL STIMULATION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEX NERVE CELL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMALS; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 34548743445     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00433.2007     Document Type: Article

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