The linearity and selectivity of neuronal responses in awake visual cortex

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Yao ^a   Anand, Sanjiv ^a   Martinez Conde, Susan ^b   Macknik, Stephen L ^b   Bereshpolova, Yulia ^c   Swadlow, Harvey A ^c   Alonso, Jose Manuel ^a,d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Orientation selectivity; Primary visual cortex; Receptive field; Striate cortex; Thalamocortical

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MACACA; NERVE CELL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; WAKEFULNESS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MACACA MULATTA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 69249094560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.9.12     Document Type: Article

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