Contrast adaptation in cat lateral geniculate nucleus and influence of corticothalamic feedback

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 622-631

  Li, Guorong ^a   Ye, Xiang ^a   Song, Ting ^a   Yang, Yupeng ^a   Zhou, Yifeng ^a,b  

^a University of Science and Technology of China   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Contrast adaptation; Contrast gain; Corticothalamic feedback; Information channel; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Response gain

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAT; CONTRAST ADAPTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTHALAMIC FEEDBACK; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MALE; NEUROFEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; MALE; THALAMUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 80051670115     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07781.x     Document Type: Article

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