Spatial Attention Modulates Center-Surround Interactions in Macaque Visual Area V4

Neuron

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 952-963

  Sundberg, Kristy A ^a   Mitchell, Jude F ^a   Reynolds, John H ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE MOVEMENTS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 62549136099     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.02.023     Document Type: Article

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