Spatial attention and the latency of neuronal responses in macaque area V4

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 36, 2007, Pages 9632-9637

  Lee, Joonyeol ^a   Williford, Tori ^a   Maunsell, John H R ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Area V4; Attention; Contrast; Latency; Macaque; Single unit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; MACACA; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CUES; FIXATION, OCULAR; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 34848901365     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2734-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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