Aging affects response variability of V1 and MT neurons in rhesus monkeys

Brain Research

Volumn 1274, Issue , 2009, Pages 21-27

  Yang, Yun ^a   Liang, Zhen ^a   Li, Guangxing ^a   Wang, Yongchang ^a,b   Zhou, Yifeng ^a,c  

^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; Macaque; MT; Response variability; V1

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MACACA; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL VISUAL AREA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SENESCENCE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VISUAL CORTEX;

MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 65649134431     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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