Thalamocortical specificity and the synthesis of sensory cortical receptive fields

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-32

  Alonso, Jose Manuel ^a,b   Swadlow, Harvey A ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

CELL SPECIFICITY; GENICULATE BODY; HYPOTHESIS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REVIEW; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY STIMULATION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 21544472341     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01281.2004     Document Type: Review

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