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Visual Contrast Coding

Visual Contrast Coding is a computational framework in retinal neuroscience that characterizes how neurons encode differences in light intensity relative to background levels, distinguishing itself by modeling the transformation of spatial and temporal contrast signals into neural responses through nonlinear gain control mechanisms.

207

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18.5K

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487

Authors

247

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2017–2026

31

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Publications

207

Normalization of cell responses in cat striate cortex

David J. Heeger · Visual Neuroscience · 1992 · 1.9K citations

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A Simple Coding Procedure Enhances a Neuron's Information Capacity

Simon B. Laughlin · Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C · 1981 · 1K citations · Full text

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Coding of image contrast in central visual pathways of the macaque monkey

G. Sclar, John H. R. Maunsell, Peter Lennie · Vision Research · 1990 · 680 citations · Full text

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Contrast's effect on spatial summation by macaque V1 neurons

Michael P. Sceniak, Dario L. Ringach, Michael J. Hawken et al. · Nature Neuroscience · 1999 · 633 citations

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Collinear stimuli regulate visual responses depending on cell's contrast threshold

Uri Polat, Keiko Mizobe, Mark W. Pettet et al. · Nature · 1998 · 611 citations

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Authors

487

  1. RS
    Robert Shapley

    New York University, United States

    8 publications · 1.3K citations

    8

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  2. JD
    Jonathan D. Victor

    Cornell University, United States

    8 publications · 1.1K citations

    8

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  3. DT
    D.J. Tolhurst

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 494 citations

    6

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  4. HN
    Heiko Neumann

    Universität Ulm, Germany

    5 publications · 96 citations

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  5. JB
    Jonathan B. Demb

    Yale University, United States

    4 publications · 681 citations

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Institutions

247

  1. New York University

    New York, United States

    10 h-index

    23 publications

    3.2K citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    1K citations

  3. Rockefeller University

    New York, United States

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    1.7K citations

  4. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    7 h-index

    22 publications

    2K citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    3.9K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    549 citations

  8. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    1.8K citations

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Venues

  1. Vision Research

    25 publications · 2.6K citations

    20

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  2. Journal of Neuroscience

    18 publications · 1.4K citations

    16

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  3. The Journal of Physiology

    13 publications · 900 citations

    13

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  4. Journal of Neurophysiology

    JN · 13 publications · 1.3K citations

    12

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  5. Visual Neuroscience

    VMS · 11 publications · 2.7K citations

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