Mechanisms of Neuronal Computation in Mammalian Visual Cortex

Neuron

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 194-208

  Priebe, Nicholas J ^a   Ferster, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POLARITY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIATE CORTEX; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CATS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84864303772     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.06.011     Document Type: Review

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