Emergent properties of layer 2/3 neurons reflect the collinear arrangement of horizontal connections in tree shrew visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2947-2960

  Chisum, Heather J ^a   Mooser, François ^a,b   Fitzpatrick, David ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Collinear facilitation; Electrophysiology; Horizontal connections; Optical imaging; Population activity; Tree shrew; V1; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INSECTIVORE; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0037390030     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-07-02947.2003     Document Type: Article

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