Spatial attention in area V4 is mediated by circuits in primary visual cortex

Neural Networks

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1039-1054

  Tiesinga, Paul H ^a   Buia, Calin I ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational model; Frequency analysis; Gamma oscillation; Primary visual cortex; Selective attention; V4

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GAMMA OSCILLATION; PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; V4;

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEURONS;

SIMULATORS;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GAMMA RHYTHM; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 70349395297     PISSN: 08936080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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