Physiological differences between neurons in layer 2 and layer 3 of primary visual cortex (V1) of alert macaque monkeys

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 586, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2293-2306

  Gur, Moshe ^a   Snodderly, D Max ^b,c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; PENICILLIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; MACACA; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ADULT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; EYE FIXATION; MACACA FASCICULARIS; NEUROMODULATION; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RHESUS MONKEY; SPIKE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; NERVE NET; NEURONS, AFFERENT; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 42949139770     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.151795     Document Type: Article

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