Stimulus-dependent synchronization of neuronal responses in the visual cortex of the awake macaque monkey

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2381-2396

  Kreiter, Andreas K ^a   Singer, Wolf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

area MT; binding problem; cross correlation; extrastriate cortex; neural assembly; synchronization; temporal coding; V5

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; MACACA; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0029885162     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-07-02381.1996     Document Type: Article

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