Contribution of feedforward thalamic afferents and corticogeniculate feedback to the spatial summation area of macaque V1 and LGN

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 498, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 330-351

  Angelucci, Alessandra ^a   Sainsbury, Kesi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geniculocortical; Lateral geniculate; Primary visual cortex; Primate; Receptive field; Surround

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOGENICULATE TRACT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENICULATE BODY; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPATIAL SUMMATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEXTRANS; FEEDBACK; GENICULATE BODIES; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RHODAMINES; SPACE PERCEPTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33746939835     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21060     Document Type: Article

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