Synchronization of neuronal responses in the optic tectum of awake pigeons

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 574-585

  Neuenschwander, Sergio ^a   Engel, Andreas K ^a   König, Peter ^a,b   Singer, Wolf ^a   Varela, Francisco J ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Optic tectum; Oscillation; Pigeon; Synchronization; Temporal coding

Indexed keywords

EID: 18544378744     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0952523800008257     Document Type: Article

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