Local circuit inhibition in the cerebral cortex as the source of gain control and untuned suppression

Neural Networks

Volumn 37, Issue , 2013, Pages 172-181

  Shapley, Robert M ^a   Xing, Dajun ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic gain control; Cerebral cortex; Orientation selectivity; Synaptic inhibition; Untuned suppression

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORTICAL AREAS; CORTICAL MICROCIRCUITS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FEATURE SELECTIVITY; MACAQUE MONKEYS; MICRO ARCHITECTURES; NEURONAL NETWORKS; ORIENTATION SELECTIVITY; PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX; SENSORY CORTICES; SYNAPTIC EXCITATIONS; UNTUNED SUPPRESSION; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; EXCITED STATES; NEURONS; NEURAL NETWORKS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

GAIN CONTROL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STEADY STATE; STRIATE CORTEX; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UNTUNED SUPPRESSION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; MACACA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL BALANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MACACA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84870408734     PISSN: 08936080     EISSN: 18792782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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