A novel mechanism of response selectivity of neurons in cat visual cortex

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 540, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 307-320

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL VISION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPIKE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL THRESHOLD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FIRING RATE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; OSCILLATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0036554720     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.012974     Document Type: Article

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