Response to contrast of electrophysiologically defined cell classes in primary visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 6936-6945

  Contreras, Diego ^a   Palmer, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex; Contrast; In vivo; Intracellular; Intrinsic properties; Simple; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0041632306     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-17-06936.2003     Document Type: Article

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