Comparative study on the offset responses of simple cells and complex cells in the primary visual cortex of the cat

Neuroscience

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 365-373

  Liang, Z ^a   Shen, W ^a   Sun, C ^a   Shou, T ^a,b,c  

^a Institute of Genetics   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

area 17; complex cell; latency; off response; simple cell; visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CAT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CATS; CELL COUNT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 52949102545     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.07.046     Document Type: Article

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