Synchronization of visual responses between the cortex, lateral geniculate nucleus, and retina in the anesthetized cat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 6395-6410

  Castelo Branco, Miguel ^a   Neuenschwander, Sergio ^a   Singer, Wolf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross correlation; Oscillations; Retina; Synchronization; Thalamus; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032529716     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-16-06395.1998     Document Type: Article

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