Laminar processing in the visual cortical column

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 377-384

  Hirsch, Judith A ^a   Martinez, Luis M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX; CHANNEL GATING; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA X CELL; RETINA Y CELL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CATS; HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33746475216     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2006.06.014     Document Type: Review

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