Multiscale modeling of the primary visual cortex

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 19-24

  Rangan, Aaditya ^a   Tao, Louis ^b   Kovacic, Gregor ^c   Cai, David ^a,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPUTER MODEL; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; ORIENTATION; SIMULATION; SYNAPSE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CATS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; ILLUSIONS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 66249134929     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2009.932803     Document Type: Article

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