The symplectic structure of the primary visual cortex

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-48

  Sarti, Alessandro ^a   Citti, Giovanna ^a   Petitot, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Centre de Recherche en Epistemologie Appliquee Ecole Polytechnique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MORPHOLOGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VISION;

DILATION; FIBER BUNDLE; VISUAL CORTEX;

CYBERNETICS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HISTOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 37849050581     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-007-0194-9     Document Type: Article

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