Microstimulation Reveals Limits in Detecting Different Signals from a Local Cortical Region

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 824-828

  Ni, Amy M ^a   Maunsell, John H R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENT; MACACA; MALE; NERVE CELL; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77953138316     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.02.065     Document Type: Article

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