Topological analysis of population activity in visual cortex

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Singh, Gurjeet ^a   Memoli, Facundo ^b   Ishkhanov, Tigran ^b   Sapiro, Guillermo ^c   Carlsson, Gunnar ^b   Ringach, Dario L ^d  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

^d JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Betti numbers; Computational topology; High dimensional data; Natural images; Persistent homology; Population coding; Spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MACACA; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NEUROLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROLOGY; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 46149088976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.8.11     Document Type: Article

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