Comparison of the selectivity of postsynaptic potentials and spike responses in cat visual cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 257-263

  Volgushev, Maxim ^a,b   Pernberg, Joachim ^a   Eysel, Ulf T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Direction selectivity; Orientation selectivity; Postsynaptic potentials; Spike generation; Tip of the iceberg effect

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0033983421     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00909.x     Document Type: Article

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