Functional morphology of the feedback pathway from area 17 of the cat visual cortex to the lateral geniculate nucleus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1180-1192

  Murphy, Penelope C ^a   Sillito, Adam M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anterograde tracing; corticofugal; functional connectivity; lateral geniculate nucleus; visual cortex; visual responses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL INTERACTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0029944786     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-03-01180.1996     Document Type: Article

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