Aging affects contrast response functions and adaptation of middle temporal visual area neurons in rhesus monkeys

Neuroscience

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 748-757

  Yang, Y ^a   Liang, Z ^a   Li, G ^a   Wang, Y ^a,b   Zhou, Y ^a,c   Leventhal, A G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

aging; contrast sensitivity; degeneration; macaque; middle temporal area

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GIANT CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 53449096270     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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