Power-Law Input-Output Transfer Functions Explain the Contrast-Response and Tuning Properties of Neurons in Visual Cortex

Erez Persi; David Hansel; Lionel Nowak; Pascal Barone; Carl van Vreeswijk

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001078

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Power-Law Input-Output Transfer Functions Explain the Contrast-Response and Tuning Properties of Neurons in Visual Cortex

Erez Persi,

Affiliation Laboratoire de Neurophysique et Physiologie, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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David Hansel,

Affiliations Laboratoire de Neurophysique et Physiologie, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, Interdisciplinary Center for Neural Computation, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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Lionel Nowak,

Affiliation Cerco, Université Toulouse 3, CNRS, Toulouse, France
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Pascal Barone,

Affiliation Cerco, Université Toulouse 3, CNRS, Toulouse, France
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Carl van Vreeswijk

* E-mail: cornelis.van-vreeswijk@parisdescartes.fr

Affiliation Laboratoire de Neurophysique et Physiologie, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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Power-Law Input-Output Transfer Functions Explain the Contrast-Response and Tuning Properties of Neurons in Visual Cortex

Erez Persi,
David Hansel,
Lionel Nowak,
Pascal Barone,
Carl van Vreeswijk

Published: February 24, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001078

About the Authors

Erez Persi

Affiliation Laboratoire de Neurophysique et Physiologie, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

David Hansel

Affiliations Laboratoire de Neurophysique et Physiologie, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France, Interdisciplinary Center for Neural Computation, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Lionel Nowak

Affiliation Cerco, Université Toulouse 3, CNRS, Toulouse, France

Pascal Barone

Affiliation Cerco, Université Toulouse 3, CNRS, Toulouse, France

Carl van Vreeswijk

* E-mail: cornelis.van-vreeswijk@parisdescartes.fr

Affiliation Laboratoire de Neurophysique et Physiologie, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DH CvV. Performed the experiments: EP LN PB. Analyzed the data: EP LN PB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CvV. Wrote the paper: EP DH CvV.

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