Orientation topography of layer 4 lateral networks revealed by optical imaging in cat visual cortex (area 18)

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4291-4308

  Yousef, Tagrid ^a   Bonhoeffer, Tobias ^b   Kim, Dae Shik ^c   Eysel, Ulf T ^a   Tóth, Éva ^a   Kisvárday, Zoltán F ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical tracing; Lateral network; Layer 4; Optical imaging; Orientation selectivity

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMAGING; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TOPOGRAPHY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYSINE; MICROSPHERES; NERVE NET; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033434089     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00863.x     Document Type: Article

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