Strobe rearing prevents the convergence of inputs with different response timings onto area 17 simple cells

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3005-3020

  Humphrey, Allen L ^a   Saul, Alan B ^a   Feidler, Jordan C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR THE NEURAL BASIS OF COGNITION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL VISION; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HISTOLOGY; LATENT PERIOD; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; RESPONSE TIME; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032440816     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.6.3005     Document Type: Article

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