Processing of Feature Selectivity in Cortical Networks with Specific Connectivity

Although non-specific at the onset of eye opening, networks in rodent visual cortex attain a non-random structure after eye opening, with a specific bias for connections between neurons of similar preferred orientations. As orientation selectivity is already present at eye opening, it remains unclea...

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Main Authors: Sadeh, Sadra, Clopath, Claudia, Rotter, Stefan
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4471232/