title: Analysis and interpretation of quadratic models of receptive fields.
abstract: In this protocol, we present a procedure to analyze and visualize models of neuronal input-output functions that have a quadratic, a linear and a constant term, to determine their overall behavior. The suggested interpretations are close to those given by physiological studies of neurons, making the proposed methods particularly suitable for the analysis of receptive fields resulting from physiological measurements or model simulations.
authors.affiliation: Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, Alexandra House, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK. berkes@gatsby.ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Berkes
authors.forename: Laurenz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wiskott
mesh_terms: D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009482:Neurophysiology / Q000379:methods*; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology*