Design of a neuronal array

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3178-3189

  Borghuis, Bart G ^a   Ratliff, Charles P ^a   Smith, Robert G ^a   Sterling, Peter ^a   Balasubramanian, Vijay ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Ganglion cell; Ideal observer; Natural scenes; Optimal coding; Paired recording; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DENDRITES; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 41149136564     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5259-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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