Dependence of the retinal Ganglion cell's responses on local textures of natural scenes

Journal of Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Cao, Xiwu ^a,b   Merwine, David K ^c   Grzywacz, Norberto M ^a,b  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; Nonlinear; Receptive field; Retinal ganglion cell; Texture of natural images

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TIME;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RABBITS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052637084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/11.6.11     Document Type: Article

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