Multisensory and unisensory neurons in ferret parietal cortex exhibit distinct functional properties

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 910-923

  Foxworthy, W Alex ^a   Allman, Brian L ^b   Keniston, Leslie P ^a   Meredith, M Alex ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multisensory integration; Neurophysiology; Parietal cortex; Somatosensation; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRET; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MULTISENSORY INTEGRATION; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FERRETS; PARIETAL LOBE; REACTION TIME; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 84875373022     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12085     Document Type: Article

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