Response latencies of cells in the cat's lateral geniculate nucleus are less variable during burst than tonic firing

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 231-237

  Guido, W ^a,b   Sherman, S Murray ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Low threshold spike; T current; Thalamus; Vision

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENICULATE BODIES; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0032032310     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523898152033     Document Type: Article

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