Article Information
- Received November 3, 2008
- Revision received December 17, 2008
- Accepted January 8, 2009
- First published April 8, 2009.
- Version of record published April 8, 2009.
Author Information
- Jeffrey L. Gauthier1,*,
- Greg D. Field1,*,
- Alexander Sher2,
- Jonathon Shlens1,3,
- Martin Greschner1,
- Alan M. Litke2, and
- E. J. Chichilnisky1
- 1Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037,
- 2Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95060, and
- 3University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720
- Correspondence should be addressed to E. J. Chichilnisky, Systems Neurobiology, The Salk Institute, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037. ej{at}salk.edu
Author contributions
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↵*J.L.G. and G.D.F. contributed equally to this work.
Disclosures
- Received November 3, 2008.
- Revision received December 17, 2008.
- Accepted January 8, 2009.
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This work was supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Research Service Award 1 F31 NS054519-01 and Chapman Foundation (J.L.G.), the Helen Hay Whitney Foundation (G.D.F.), Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at Scientific Interface (A.S.), Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (M.G.), National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship DGE-033451, Miller Institute for Basic Science Research (J.S.), McKnight Foundation (A.M.L., E.J.C.), NSF Grant PHY-0417175 (A.M.L.), and NIH Grant EY017992 (E.J.C.). We thank B. Kutka and C. Hulse for technical assistance; M. I. Grivich, D. Petrusca, W. Dabrowski, A. Grillo, P. Grybos, P. Hottowy, and S. Kachiguine for technical development; H. Fox, M. Taffe, E. Callaway, and K. Osborn for providing access to retinas; S. Barry for machining; D. Marshak for helpful discussions; and E. Callaway and M. Feller for comments on this manuscript. This research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation through TeraGrid resources provided by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (Cooperative Agreements 05253071 and 0438741).
- Correspondence should be addressed to E. J. Chichilnisky, Systems Neurobiology, The Salk Institute, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037. ej{at}salk.edu
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