Cooperation between area 17 neuron pairs enhances fine discrimination of orientation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2416-2425

  Samonds, Jason M ^a   Allison, John D ^a   Brown, Heather A ^a   Bonds, A B ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Area 17; Coding; Cooperation; Discrimination; Orientation; Synchrony; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 0037444632     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-06-02416.2003     Document Type: Article

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