Spatial and temporal sensitivity degradation of primary visual cortical cells in senescent rhesus monkeys

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 201-207

  Zhang, Jie ^a,b,c   Wang, Xiusong ^a,b,c   Wang, Yongchang ^d,e   Fu, Yu ^a,b,c   Liang, Zhen ^d   Ma , Yuanye ^a,b   Leventhal, Audie G ^d,e  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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

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

Author keywords

Aging; Central visual pathway; Degradation; Intracortical inhibition; Spatial and temporal sensitivities; Visual function

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SENESCENCE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; STRIATE CORTEX; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MACACA; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 54049124181     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06300.x     Document Type: Article

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