Cellular mechanisms contributing to response variability of cortical neurons in vivo

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2209-2223

  Azouz, Rony ^a   Gray, Charles M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Area 17; Cat; Cortical dynamics; Physiology; V1; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CAT; DEPOLARIZATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

EID: 0033559399     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-06-02209.1999     Document Type: Article

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