Attentional capture? Synchronized feedback signals from the isthmi boost retinal signals to higher visual areas

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1110-1122

  Marín, Gonzalo J ^a,b   Durán, Ernesto ^a   Morales, Cristian ^a   González Cabrera, Cristian ^a   Sentis, Elisa ^a   Mpodozis, Jorge ^a   Letelier, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD FINIS TERRAE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2, 3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; LIDOCAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLUMBA LIVIA; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXTRASTRIATE BODY AREA; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; ISTHMIC FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RHYTHM; SPIKE WAVE; THALAMUS; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; COLUMBIDAE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84856002863     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4151-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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