Dynamically modulated spike correlation in monkey inferior temporal cortex depending on the feature configuration within a whole object

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 44, 2005, Pages 10299-10307

  Hirabayashi, Toshiyuki ^a   Miyashita, Yasushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell assembly; Cross correlation analysis; Inferior temporal cortex; Macaque monkey; Neurophysiology; Visual object recognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; INFERIOR TEMPORAL CORTEX; MACACA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SPIKE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; MACACA; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 27744563033     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3036-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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