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Tuning for cruciform stimuli in visual cortex neurons of cat

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In the primary visual cortex of an immobilized awake cat, nearly one-third of the neurons studied (8 out of 22) were found to respond to flashing cruciform light stimuli 1.5–4 times better than to single stimulations with the strips of preferred orientation. It is suggested that such neurons can detect angles and line intersections.

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  1. Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    I. A. Shevelev, N. A. Lazareva, R. V. Novikova, A. S. Tikhomirov & G. A. Sharayev

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  1. I. A. Shevelev
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Neirofiziologiya/Neurophysiology, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 362–364, September–October, 1993.

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Shevelev, I.A., Lazareva, N.A., Novikova, R.V. et al. Tuning for cruciform stimuli in visual cortex neurons of cat. Neurophysiology 25, 300–302 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01054261

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