Receptive fields in primate retina are coordinated to sample visual space more uniformly.

In the visual system, large ensembles of neurons collectively sample visual space with receptive fields (RFs). A puzzling problem is how neural ensembles provide a uniform, high-resolution visual representation in spite of irregularities in the RFs of individual cells. This problem was approached by...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey L Gauthier, Greg D Field, Alexander Sher, Martin Greschner, Jonathon Shlens, Alan M Litke, E J Chichilnisky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-04-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2672597