Space coding by gamma oscillations in the barn owl optic tectum

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2005-2017

  Sridharan, Devarajan ^a   Boahen, Kwabena ^a   Knudsen, Eric I ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Local field potential; Multimodal oscillations; Multimodal spatial localization; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; OSCILLATION; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOUND LOCALIZATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STRIGIFORMES; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79956269665     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00965.2010     Document Type: Article

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