A cholinergic gating mechanism controlled by competitive interactions in the optic tectum of the pigeon

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 30, 2007, Pages 8112-8121

  Marín, Gonzalo ^a   Salas, Carlos ^a   Sentis, Elisa ^a   Rojas, Ximena ^b   Letelier, Juan Carlos ^a   Mpodozis, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cholinergic; Isthmi; Optic tectum; Spatial attention; Superior colliculus; Winner take all

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; COLUMBIDAE; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEMALE; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 34547432449     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1420-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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