Neurophysiological evidence for contrast dependent long-range facilitation and suppression in the human visual cortex

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 2099-2109

  Polat, Uri ^a   Norcia, Anthony M ^a  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast; Evoked potential (EP); Facilitation; Inhibition; Long range interactions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FACILITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION TEST; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL MASKING;

EID: 0030200730     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00281-2     Document Type: Article

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