Feedback connections to ferret striate cortex: Direct evidence for visuotopic convergence of feedback inputs

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 487, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 312-331

  Cantone, Gina ^a,b   Xiao, Jun ^a   McFarlane, Nardia ^a   Levitt, Jonathan B ^a,b  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrastriate; Neuroanatomy; Receptive field; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FERRET; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; STRIATE CORTEX; SUPRASYLVIAN GYRUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; FEEDBACK; FERRETS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 19544366429     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20570     Document Type: Article

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