Coordinated optimization of visual cortical maps (II) numerical studies.

In the juvenile brain, the synaptic architecture of the visual cortex remains in a state of flux for months after the natural onset of vision and the initial emergence of feature selectivity in visual cortical neurons. It is an attractive hypothesis that visual cortical architecture is shaped during...

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Main Authors: Lars Reichl, Dominik Heide, Siegrid Löwel, Justin C Crowley, Matthias Kaschube, Fred Wolf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002756&type=printable