Functional organization and natural scene responses across mouse visual cortical areas revealed with encoding manifolds
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Authors
- Steven W. Zucker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2205-6895)
- Michael P. Stryker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1546-5831)
- Luciano Dyballa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1996-2173)
- Greg D. Field (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5942-2679)
Institutions
- IE University (ES)
- University of California System (US)
- Yale University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0356243
- Primary Topic
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00