Laminar processing of stimulus orientation in cat visual cortex

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 540, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 321-333

  Martinez, Luis M ^a   Alonso, José Manuel ^b   Reid, R Clay ^c   Hirsch, Judith A ^a,d  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; STAGING; SYNAPSE; TUNING CURVE; VISUAL CORTEX; ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; GEOMETRY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; STRIATE CORTEX; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; CELL SIZE; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0036554984     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.012776     Document Type: Article

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