Coordinated optimization of visual cortical maps (I) symmetry-based analysis.

In the primary visual cortex of primates and carnivores, functional architecture can be characterized by maps of various stimulus features such as orientation preference (OP), ocular dominance (OD), and spatial frequency. It is a long-standing question in theoretical neuroscience whether the observe...

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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.1002466&type=printable