Alterations to multisensory and unisensory integration by stimulus competition

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3091-3101

  Pluta, Scott R ^a   Rowland, Benjamin A ^a   Stanford, Terrence R ^a   Stein, Barry E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Salience; Superior colliculus; Target selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; HEMISPHERE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CATS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 83055179248     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00509.2011     Document Type: Article

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