Orientation specificity of contrast adaptation in visual cortical pinwheel centres and iso-orientation domains

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 876-886

  Sengpiel, Frank ^a,b   Bonhoeffer, Tobias ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cat; Functional architecture; Optical imaging; Orientation selectivity; Pattern adaptation

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRATING; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0036454372     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01912.x     Document Type: Article

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