Oscillatory bursts in the optic tectum of birds represent re-entrant signals from the nucleus isthmi pars parvocellularis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 30, 2005, Pages 7081-7089

  Marín, Gonzalo ^a   Mpdozis, Jorge ^a   Sentis, Elisa ^a   Ossandón, Tomás ^a   Letelier, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Attention; Cholinergic; Fast oscillations; Optic tectum; Superior colliculus; Vision

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; LIDOCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ISTHMI PARS PARVOCELLULARIS; OPTIC TECTUM; OSCILLATION; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COLUMBIDAE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 23044512515     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1379-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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