Neuronal mechanisms of selectivity for object features revealed by blocking inhibition in inferotemporal cortex

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 807-813

  Wang, Yi ^a,b   Fujita, Ichiro ^a,b   Murayama, Yusuke ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BICUCULLINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MONKEY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MACACA; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033928543     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/77712     Document Type: Article

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