Cortical plasticity and learning: Mechanisms and models

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 183-188

  Buonomano, D V ^a   Johnson, H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BCM; Competition; Computational models; Cortical models; Cortical plasticity; Experience dependent plasticity; LTP; Sliding threshold; Stimulus selectivity; Temporal processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882924470     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.00790-7     Document Type: Chapter

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