Multiplicative Gain Changes Are Induced by Excitation or Inhibition Alone

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 31, 2003, Pages 10040-10051

  Murphy, Brendan K ^a   Miller, Kenneth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Gain modulation; Multiplication; Noise; Power law; Tuning curve

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; IONTOPHORESIS; MODEL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0242694955     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-31-10040.2003     Document Type: Article

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