Faster thalamocortical processing for dark than light visual targets

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 48, 2011, Pages 17471-17479

  Jin, Jianzhong ^a   Wang, Yushi ^a   Lashgari, Reza ^a   Swadlow, Harvey A ^a,b   Alonso, Jose Manuel ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; LATENT PERIOD; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MALE; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CATS; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 82555173895     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2456-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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