Decoding the activity of neuronal populations in macaque primary visual cortex

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 239-247

  Graf, Arnulf B A ^a,b   Kohn, Adam ^a,b,c   Jazayeri, Mehrdad ^a,b,d   Movshon, J Anthony ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; MACACA; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MACACA; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79251595755     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2733     Document Type: Conference Paper

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