Dominant vertical orientation processing without clustered maps: Early visual brain dynamics imaged with voltage-sensitive dye in the pigeon visual wulst

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 6713-6725

  Ng, Benedict Shien Wei ^a   Grabska Barwińska, Agnieszka ^a   Güntürkün, Onur ^a   Jancke, Dirk ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE SENSITIVE DYE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COLUMBIDAE; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 77952371672     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4078-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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