Synaptic interactions between thalamic inputs to simple cells in cat visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 5461-5467

  Usrey, W Martin ^a,b,d   Alonso, Jose Manuel ^a,c   Reid, R Clay ^a,b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Area 17; Coincidence detection; Geniculocortical; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL COMMUNICATION; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0034662082     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-14-05461.2000     Document Type: Article

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