Spatial and temporal scales of neuronal correlation in primary visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 48, 2008, Pages 12591-12603

  Smith, Matthew A ^a,d   Kohn, Adam ^b,c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Array; Cross correlogram; Multielectrode recordings; Noise correlation; Population coding; Signal correlation; Spontaneous activity; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MACACA; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TIME PERCEPTION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEEDBACK; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 58149393855     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2929-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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