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IJON
2006
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Prenatal development of ocular dominance and orientation maps in a self-organizing model of V1
How orientation and ocular-dominance maps develop before visual experience begins is controversial. Possible influences include molecular signals and spontaneous activity, but the...
Stefanie Jegelka, James A. Bednar, Risto Miikkulai...
BIOSYSTEMS
2007
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Evidence for transmitter operated electrical synapses (TOES) in ampullary electroreceptor organs
Afferent fibres of ampullary electroreceptor organs in electrosensitive fish fire spontaneously, that is, they fire without external stimulus. In the past it has been postulat...
Rob C. Peters, Franklin Bretschneider, Mieke L. St...