Publications Related to Receptive Field Analysis


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Publications of Ferenc Mechler, Keith P. Purpura, Jonathan D. Victor
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Casile, A., Victor, J.D., and Rucci, M. (2019) Contrast sensitivity reveals an oculomotor strategy for temporally encoding space. eLife 2019;8:e40924. doi: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.40924.
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Joukes, J., Yu, Y., Victor, J.D., and Krekelberg, B. (2017) Recurrent network dynamics: a link between form and motion. Front. Syst. Neurosci. 11:12 doi:10:3389.
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Hu, Q., and Victor, J.D. (2016) Two-dimensional Hermite filters yield simple high-order natural image statistics. Symmetry 8, 98; doi:10.3390/sym8090098.
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Elder, J.H., Victor, J.D., and Zucker, S.W. (2016) Understanding the statistics of the natural environment and their implications for vision. (Editorial) Vision Research 120, 1-4.
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Yu, Y., Schmid, A.M., and Victor, J.D. (2015) Visual processing of informative multipoint correlations arises primarily in V2. eLife. 2015; 10.7554/eLife.06604.
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Schmid, A.M., and Victor, J.D. (2014) Possible functions of contextual modulations and receptive field nonlinearities: Pop-out and texture segmentation. Vision Research 14, 57-67 (2014).
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Schmid, A.M., Purpura, K.P., and Victor, J.D. (2014) Responses to orientation discontinuities in V1 and V2: Physiological dissociations and functional implications. J. Neurosci. 34, 3559–3578.
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Ohiorhenuan, I.E., Mechler, F., Purpura, K.P., Schmid, A.M., Hu, Q., and Victor, J.D. (2014) Cannabinoid neuromodulation in the adult early visual cortex. PLoS ONE 9, e87362.
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Nichols, Z.W. Nirenberg, S., and Victor, J.D. (2013) Interacting linear and nonlinear characteristics produce population coding asymmetries between ON and OFF cells in the retina. J. Neurosci. 33, 14958-14973.
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Nirenberg, S., Bomash, I., Pillow, J.W., and Victor, J.D. (2010) Heterogeneous response dynamics in retinal ganglion cells: the interplay of predictive coding and adaptation. J. Neurophysiol. 103, 3184-3194.
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Victor, J.D., Mechler, F., Ohiorhenuan, I.E., Schmid, A., and Purpura, K.P. (2009) Laminar and orientation-dependent characteristics of spatial nonlinearities: implications for the computational architecture of visual cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology 102, 3414-3432.
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Schmid, A.M., Purpura, K.P., Ohiorhenuan, I.E., Mechler, F., and Victor, J.D. (2009) Subpopulations of neurons in visual area V2 perform differentiation and integration operations in space and time. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 3, 15, doi:10.3389/neuro.06.015.2009.
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Sharpee, T., and Victor, J.D. (2009) Contextual modulation of V1 receptive fields depends on their spatial symmetry. J. Computational Neurosci. 26, 203-218.
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Schmid, A.M. (2008) The processing of feature discontinuities for different cue types in primary visual cortex. Brain Research 1238, 59-74.
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Mechler, F., Ohiorhenuan, I.E., and Victor, J.D. (2007) Speed dependence of tuning to one-dimensional features in V1. J. Neurophysiol., 97, 2423-2438.
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Victor, J.D., Blessing, E., Forte, J.D., Buzás, P., and Martin, P. R. (2007) Response variability of marmoset parvocellular neurons. J. Physiol. (Lond) 579, 29-51.
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Victor, J.D., Mechler, F., Repucci, M.A., Purpura, K.P., and Sharpee, T. (2006) Responses of V1 neurons to two-dimensional Hermite functions. J. Neurophysiol. 95, 379-400 (2006).
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Victor, J.D. (2005) Analyzing receptive fields, classification images and functional images: challenges with opportunities for synergy. Nature Neuroscience 8, 1651-1656.
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Priebe, N.J., Mechler,F., Carandini and Ferster, D. (2004) The contribution of spike threshold to the dichotomy of cortical simple and complex cells. Nature Neurosci. 7, 1113-1122.
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Victor, J.D., and Knight, B.W. (2003) Simultaneously band and space limited functions in two dimensions, and receptive fields of visual neurons. Springer Applied Mathematical Sciences Series. pp. 375-420. Eds: E.Kaplan, J. Marsden, and K. R. Sreenivasan. Springer.
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Aronov, D., Reich, D.S., Mechler, F., and Victor, J.D. (2003) Neural coding of spatial phase in V1 of the macaque monkey. J. Neurophysiol. 89, 3304-3327.
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Mechler, F., and Ringach, D.L. (2002) On the classification of simple and complex cells. Vision Research 42, 1017-1033.
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Mechler, F., Reich, D.S., and Victor, J.D. (2002) Detection and discrimination of relative spatial phase by V1 neurons. J. Neurosci. 22, 6129-6157.
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Reid, R.C., Victor, J.D., and Shapley, R.M. (1997) The use of m-sequences in the analysis of visual neurons: Linear receptive field properties. Visual Neuroscience 14, 1015-1027.
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Victor, J.D., and Purpura, K. (1996) Nature and precision of temporal coding in visual cortex: a metric-space analysis. J. Neurophysiol. 76, 1310-1326.
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Victor, J.D., Purpura, K., Katz, E., and Mao, B. (1994) Population encoding of spatial frequency, orientation, and color in macaque V1. J. Neurophysiol. 72, 2151-2166.
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Purpura, K., Victor, J.D., and Katz, E. (1994) Striate cortex extracts higher-order spatial correlations from visual textures. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91, 8482-8486.
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Benardete, E. A., and Victor, J.D. (1994) An extension of the m-sequence technique for the analysis of multi-input nonlinear systems. In Advanced Methods of Physiological Systems Modeling, Volume III, ed. V. Z. Marmarelis. New York, Plenum. pp. 87-110.
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Victor, J.D. (1991) Asymptotic approach of generalized orthogonal functional expansions to Wiener kernels. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 19, 383-399.
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Victor, J.D. (1988) The dynamics of the cat retinal Y cell subunit. J. Physiol. 405, 289-320.
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Victor, J.D. (1987) The dynamics of the cat retinal X cell centre. J. Physiol. 386, 219-246.
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Shapley, R., and Victor, J.D. (1986) Hyperacuity in cat retinal ganglion cells. Science 231, 999-1002.
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Shapley, R., and Victor, J.D. (1981) How the contrast gain control modifies the frequency responses of cat retinal ganglion cells. J. Physiol. 318, 161-179.
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Shapley, R., and Victor, J.D. (1980) The effect of contrast on the non-linear response of the Y cell. J. Physiol. 302, 535-547.
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Victor, J.D., and Shapley, R.M. (1980) A method of nonlinear analysis in the frequency domain. Biophys. J. 29, 459-484.
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Milkman, N., Schick, G., Rossetto, M., Ratliff, F., Shapley, R., and Victor, J.D. (1980) A two-dimensional computer-controlled visual stimulator. Beh. Res. Meth. & Instrum. 12, 283-290.
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Victor, J.D. (1979) A counting problem arising in nonlinear systems analysis. Utilitas Mathematica 16, 151-156.
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Shapley, R.M., and Victor, J.D. (1979) Nonlinear spatial summation and the contrast gain control of cat retinal ganglion cells. J. Physiol. 290, 141-161.
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Victor, J.D. (1979) Nonlinear systems analysis: comparison of white noise and sum of sinusoids in a biological system. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 76, 996-998.
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Victor, J.D., and Knight, B.W. (1979) Nonlinear analysis with an arbitrary stimulus ensemble. Quart. Appl. Math. 2, 113-136.
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Shapley, R.M., and Victor, J.D. (1979) The contrast gain control of the cat retina. Vision Res. 19, 431-434.
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Victor, J.D., and Shapley, R.M. (1979) Receptive field mechanisms of cat X and Y retinal ganglion cells. J. Gen. Physiol. 74, 275-298.
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Victor, J.D., and Shapley, R.M. (1979) The nonlinear pathway of Y ganglion cells in the cat retina. J. Gen. Physiol. 74, 671-689.
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Shapley, R.M., and Victor, J.D. (1978) The effect of contrast on the transfer properties of cat retinal ganglion cells. J. Physiol. 285, 275-298.
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Victor, J.D., Shapley, R.M., and Knight, B.W. (1977) Nonlinear analysis of cat retinal ganglion cells in the frequency domain. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 74, 3068-3072.
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