A normalization model of attentional modulation of single unit responses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Lee, Joonyeol ^a   Maunsell, John H R ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION CORTEX; ATTENTION; MODULATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; STIMULUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 85022057914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004651     Document Type: Article

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