γ-frequency fluctuations of the membrane potential and response selectivity in visual cortical neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1768-1776

  Volgushev, Maxim ^a,b   Pernberg, Joachim ^a   Eysel, Ulf T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cat; Gamma oscillations; Intracellular recording; Response selectivity; V1; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GAMMA FREQUENCY FLUCTUATION; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SPIKE; SPIKE WAVE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0037716524     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02609.x     Document Type: Article

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