Increased masking response to light after ablation of the visual cortex in mice

Brain Research

Volumn 965, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Redlin, Uwe ^a   Cooper, Howard M ^b   Mrosovsky, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Irradiance detection; Lateral geniculate; Locomotor activity; Masking; Mouse; Nonvisual photoreception; Retinal degeneration; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL MASKING;

ANIMALS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0037424556     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03844-1     Document Type: Article

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