A novel interhemispheric interaction: Modulation of neuronal cooperativity in the visual areas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Carmeli, Cristian ^a,f   Lopez Aguadao, Laura ^b   Schmidt, Kerstin E ^c   De Feo, Oscar ^a,d   Innocenti, Giorgio M ^e  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTRODE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FERRET; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMISPHERE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

MUSTELA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FERRETS; NEURONS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 44949119612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001287     Document Type: Article

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