Visual response augmentation in cat (and macaque) LGN: Potentiation by corticofugally mediated gain control in the temporal domain

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1135-1144

  Cudeiro, Javier ^b   Rivadulla, Casto ^b   Grieve, Kenneth L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Context dependent; Contrast mediated; Cortico geniculate; Response enhancement; Thalamo cortico thalamic loop

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MACACA; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CATS; CEREBRAL DECORTICATION; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GENICULATE BODIES; MACACA MULATTA; OPTIC CHIASM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034006131     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00000.x     Document Type: Article

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