Stimulus-dependent neuronal oscillations and local synchronization in striate cortex of the alert cat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3239-3253

  Gray, Charles M ^a   Di Prisco, Gonzalo Viana ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autocorrelation; gamma band; oscillation; physiology; striate cortex; synchronization

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030953602     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-09-03239.1997     Document Type: Article

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