Kovacic Gregor, Tao Louis, Cai David, Shelley Michael J
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.
J Comput Neurosci. 2008 Dec;25(3):401-38. doi: 10.1007/s10827-008-0085-7. Epub 2008 Apr 8.
A theoretical analysis is presented of a reverse-time correlation method used in experimentally investigating orientation tuning dynamics of neurons in the primary visual cortex. An exact mathematical characterization of the method is developed, and its connection with the Volterra-Wiener nonlinear systems theory is described. Various mathematical consequences and possible physiological implications of this analysis are illustrated using exactly solvable idealized models of orientation tuning.
本文对一种用于实验研究初级视觉皮层神经元方向调谐动力学的逆时相关方法进行了理论分析。给出了该方法的精确数学表征,并描述了其与Volterra-Wiener非线性系统理论的联系。利用方向调谐的精确可解理想化模型说明了该分析的各种数学结果和可能的生理意义。