University of Groningen Encoding of Naturalistic Optic Flow by a Population of Blowfly Motion-Sensitive Neurons
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Encoding of naturalistic optic flow by a population of blowfly motion-sensitive neurons.
In sensory systems information is encoded by the activity of populations of neurons. To analyze the coding properties of neuronal populations sensory stimuli have usually been used that were much simpler than those encountered in real life. It has been possible only recently to stimulate visual interneurons of the blowfly with naturalistic visual stimuli reconstructed from eye movements measure...
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