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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-1-6
pubmed:abstractText
The selectivity of cortical neurons remains invariant with contrast, even though the contrast-response function saturates. Both the invariance and the saturation might be due to a contrast-gain control mechanism. To test this hypothesis, a drifting grafting was used to measure the contrast-response function, while a counterphase grating was simultaneously presented at the null position of the receptive field (where it evokes no response at any contrast). When the contrast of the counterphase grating increased, the contrast-response function shifted primarily to the right. This result is consistent with the hypothesis that there is a fast-acting gain-control mechanism which effectively scales the input contrast by the average local contrast.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0042-6989
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1409-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Cortical neurons: isolation of contrast gain control.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin 78712.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article