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Pattern Formation in Neural Systems II. Noise-induced selective mechanism for the ontogenetic formation of ocular dominance columns

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Cybernetics and Systems ’86

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A model for the formation and plastic behaviour of ocular dominance columns is given in terms of modifiable synapses. The activity-dependent self-organi2ing mechanism presented is in accordance with the concept of noise-induced transition.

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  1. Central Research Institute for Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1525, Budapest, P.O.B. 49, Hungary

    G. Barna & P. Érdi

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    Robert Trappl

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Barna, G., Érdi, P. (1986). Pattern Formation in Neural Systems II. Noise-induced selective mechanism for the ontogenetic formation of ocular dominance columns. In: Trappl, R. (eds) Cybernetics and Systems ’86. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4634-7_44

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