Shunting inhibition, a silent step in visual cortical computation

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 97, Issue 4-6, 2003, Pages 441-451

  Frégnac, Yves ^a   Monier, Cyril ^a   Chavane, Frédéric ^a   Baudot, Pierre ^a   Graham, Lyle ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Conductance; Excitation; Feedforward; High conductance state; Inhibition; Orientation selectivity; Recurrent; Visual cortex; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONDUCTANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; VISUAL CORTEX; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEURAL INHIBITION; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1842611686     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2004.02.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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