Running as fast as it can: How spiking dynamics form object groupings in the laminar circuits of visual cortex

Journal of Computational Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 323-346

  Léveillé, Jasmin ^a   Versace, Massimiliano ^a   Grossberg, Stephen ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipole cell; Gamma oscillations; Illusory contour; Laminar cortical circuit; Perceptual grouping; Spikingneuron; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; DYNAMICS; NEURONS; NONLINEAR FEEDBACK; TIMING CIRCUITS;

BIPOLE CELL; FEED FORWARD; GAMMA OSCILLATIONS; ILLUSORY CONTOUR; LAMINAR CORTICAL CIRCUITS; PERCEPTUAL GROUPING; PROPERTY; SPIKING CELLS; SPIKING NEURONES; VISUAL CORTEXES;

CELLS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OSCILLATION; PARAMETRIC TEST; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 77953323851     PISSN: 09295313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10827-009-0211-1     Document Type: Article

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