Spontaneous pattern formation and pinning in the primary visual cortex

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 52-68

  Baker, Tanya I ^a   Cowan, Jack D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuroscience; Pattern formation; Pinning; Spontaneous symmetry breaking; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MOTION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; ORIENTATION; RETINA IMAGE; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 70149117719     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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