GABA-induced inactivation of functionally characterized sites in cat visual cortex (area 18): Effects on direction selectivity

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2071-2088

  Crook, John M ^a,b   Kisvárday, Zoltan F ^a   Eysel, Ulf T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROIONTOPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0029938756     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.5.2071     Document Type: Article

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