Bimodal Interactions in the Superior Colliculus of the Behaving Cat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2826-2834

  Populin, Luis C ^a,b   Yin, Tom C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Anatomy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Behaving cat; Bimodal; Enhancement; Multisensory; Superior colliculus; Suppression

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; CAT; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TRAINING; VISUAL STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ELECTRODE; EYE FIXATION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FIXATION, OCULAR; NEURAL INHIBITION; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0036550281     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-07-02826.2002     Document Type: Article

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