Attentional modulation of thalamic reticular neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 4444-4450

  McAlonan, Kerry ^a   Cavanaugh, James ^a   Wurtz, Robert H ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Extracellular recordings; Macaque; Thalamic reticular nucleus; Thalamus; Visual

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETICULAR FORMATION; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MACACA; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; THALAMUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETICULAR FORMATION; THALAMUS;

EID: 33646465468     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5602-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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