Contrast adaptation and excitatory amino acid receptors in cat striate cortex

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1069-1087

  McLean, J ^a   Palmer, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast adaptation; Contrast gain control; Excitatory amino acids; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IONTOPHORESIS; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; CATS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; IONTOPHORESIS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030278839     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800007720     Document Type: Article

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