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Fluctuations in the Response to Light of Visual Neurones in Limulus

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A deterministic spike generating model accounts very well for the properties of the impulse rate fluctuations in Limulus eccentric cells.

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SHAPLEY, R. Fluctuations in the Response to Light of Visual Neurones in Limulus. Nature 221, 437–440 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221437a0

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