A functional gamma-band defined by stimulus-dependent synchronization in area 18 of awake behaving cats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4251-4260

  Siegel, Markus ^a,b   König, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Neuroinformatics Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Area 18; Awake behaving cat; Local field potential; Multiunit activity; Primary visual cortex; Synchronization; Tracking task; oscillation

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX AREA 18; BRAIN REGION; CAT; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EYE TRACKING; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GAMMA RHYTHM; GAMMA SYNCHRONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS; ANIMAL; BETA RHYTHM; COGNITION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD; STATISTICS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BETA RHYTHM; CATS; COGNITION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FORM PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0037704438     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-10-04251.2003     Document Type: Article

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