Ideal observer analysis of signal quality in retinal circuits

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 263-288

  Smith, Robert G ^a   Dhingra, Narender K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b National Brain Research Center   (India)

Author keywords

Correlations; Increment threshold; Retinal circuitry; signal noise ratio; Synaptic noise

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE TRACT; NOISE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; RETINA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67650617715     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2009.05.001     Document Type: Review

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