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Representation of Natural Contours by a Neural Population in Monkey V4

Itsuki Machida, Motofumi Shishikura, Yukako Yamane and Ko Sakai
eNeuro 29 February 2024, 11 (3) ENEURO.0445-23.2024; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0445-23.2024
Itsuki Machida
1Department of Computer Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8573, Japan
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Motofumi Shishikura
1Department of Computer Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8573, Japan
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Yukako Yamane
2Neural Computation Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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Ko Sakai
1Department of Computer Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8573, Japan
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https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0445-23.2024
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38423791
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  • Received October 25, 2023
  • Revision received February 18, 2024
  • Accepted February 22, 2024
  • Published online February 29, 2024.
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  1. Itsuki Machida1,
  2. Motofumi Shishikura1,
  3. Yukako Yamane2 and
  4. Ko Sakai1
  1. 1Department of Computer Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8573, Japan
  2. 2Neural Computation Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to Ko Sakai at sakai{at}cs.tsukuba.ac.jp.
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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: I.M. and K.S. designed research; I.M., M.S., and Y.Y. performed research; I.M. analyzed data; I.M., Y.Y., and K.S. wrote the paper.

Disclosures

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • We thank Dr. Hiroshi Tamura with Osaka University for providing us the electrophysiological data.

  • This work was partially supported by Grant-in-aid from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Kakenhi 20H04487 and 23H03697), Japan Science and Technology Agency (SPRING JPMJSP2124) and Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University (R04/A14).

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  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science London (JSPS)

    20H04487; 23H03697
  • 東北大学 | Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University (RIEC)

    R04/A14

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Itsuki Machida, Motofumi Shishikura, Yukako Yamane, Ko Sakai
eNeuro 29 February 2024, 11 (3) ENEURO.0445-23.2024; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0445-23.2024
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