Different types of signal coupling in the visual cortex related to neural mechanisms of associative processing and perception

IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1039-1052

  Eckhorn, Reinhard ^a   Gail, Alexander M ^a   Bruns, Andreas ^a   Gabriel, Andreas ^a   Al Shaikhli, Basim ^a   Saam, Mirko ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ASSOCIATIVE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OSCILLATIONS; SYNCHRONIZATION; VISION;

AMPLITUDE ENVELOPE; FEATURE BINDING; GAMMA ACTIVITY; SCENE SEGMENTATION; SYNCHRONY;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 4644238195     PISSN: 10459227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNN.2004.833130     Document Type: Article

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