Stimulus dependence of neuronal correlation in primary visual cortex of the macaque

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 3661-3673

  Kohn, Adam ^a   Smith, Matthew A ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast; Cross correlogram; Noise correlation; Orientation; Signal correlation; Spontaneous activity; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 17044417268     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5106-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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