Fig. 5.

Plot of the various source signal amplitudes for sets of Monte Carlo simulation results that are in agreement with experimental findings. The signal component amplitudes (a_all, a_vis and a_lgn,lat) for all valid simulated conditions are plotted as a function of a_lgn,com, the amplitude of a bilateral LGN signal not present in visual cortex. Since the absolute amplitudes (a) of the simulated components is not relevant, but merely their relative contribution to the signal in a given area, all amplitudes are scaled to the overall amplitude of the simulated signal in LGN (S_lgn), to which several components contribute. (See text for details.)