Stimulus contrast modulates functional connectivity in visual cortex

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-76

  Nauhaus, Ian ^a   Busse, Laura ^b   Carandini, Matteo ^b,c   Ringach, Dario L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL POPULATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; MONKEY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 58149116545     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2232     Document Type: Article

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