Encoding of visual information by LGN bursts

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2558-2569

  Reinagel, Pamela ^a,d   Godwin, Dwayne ^b,c   Sherman, S Murray ^b   Koch, Christof ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CAT; INTERNEURON; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0033015357     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.5.2558     Document Type: Article

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