Receptive fields and response properties of neurons in layer 4 of ferret visual cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1003-1015

  Usrey, W Martin ^a   Sceniak, Michael P ^a   Chapman, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENICULATE BODY; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FERRETS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0037319271     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00749.2002     Document Type: Article

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