Receptive field structure varies with layer in the primary visual cortex

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 372-379

  Martinez, Luis M ^a   Wang, Qingbo ^b   Reid, R Clay ^c   Pillai, Cinthi ^b   Alonso, José Mañuel ^d   Sommer, Friedrich T ^e   Hirsch, Judith A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e Redwood Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT; DENDRITE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXCITATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; STRIATE CORTEX; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENICULATE BODIES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 14544304519     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1404     Document Type: Article

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