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A general mechanism for tuning: Gain control circuits and synapses underlie tuning of cortical neurons

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Author(s)
Kouh, Minjoon
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Poggio, Tomaso
Date Issued
December 31, 2004
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Abstract
Tuning to an optimal stimulus is a widespread property of neurons in cortex. We propose that such tuning is a consequence of normalization or gain control circuits. We also present a biologically plausible neural circuitry of tuning.
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AI
tuning
gain control
normalization
Gaussian
neuron
cortex
biophysics
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/30512
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