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ArticleNature neuroscience2018

Feedback determines the structure of correlated variability in primary visual cortex.

Adrian G Bondy, Ralf M Haefner, Bruce G Cumming

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Article in Nature neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 88 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

88 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Adrian G BondyLaboratory of Sensorimotor Research, National Eye Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA. adrian.bondy@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7265-5810
Ralf M HaefnerBrain & Cognitive Sciences, Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5031-0379
Bruce G CummingLaboratory of Sensorimotor Research, National Eye Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Funding

Role Of Visual Cortex In Depth PerceptionZ01EY000404 · NEI · NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE · PI CUMMING, BRUCE G · 2002 to 2008
$3.1M
CRCNS: The neural basis of probabilistic inference in the visual systemR01EY028811 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI HAEFNER, RALF MANFRED · 2017 to 2021
$1.6M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 EY000404NEI NIH HHS R01 EY028811
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The variable responses of sensory neurons tend to be weakly correlated (spike-count correlation, r

Indexed as

Action PotentialsAnimalsDiscrimination, PsychologicalFeedback, SensoryMacaca mulattaOrientationPhotic StimulationPsychometricsSensory Receptor CellsVisual CortexVisual Pathways

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PMID29483663
PMCPMC5876152

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