Orientation discrimination performance is predicted by GABA concentration and gamma oscillation frequency in human primary visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 50, 2009, Pages 15721-15726

  Edden, Richard A E ^a,b   Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh D ^a   Freeman, Tom C A ^a   Singh, Krish D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GAMMA OSCILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449167471     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4426-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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