Orientation tuning and receptive field structure in cat striate neurons during local blockade of intracortical inhibition

Neuroscience

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-36

  Eysel, U T ^a   Shevelev, I A ^b   Lazareva, N A ^b   Sharaev, G A ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; Cat; Inhibition; Orientation tuning; Receptive fields; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAT; MICROIONTOPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CATS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0031935750     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00378-3     Document Type: Article

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