Neuronal variability of MSTd neurons changes differentially with eye movement and visually related variables

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1774-1783

  Brostek, Lukas ^a,c   Büttner, Ulrich ^a,b   Mustari, Michael J ^d   Glasauer, Stefan ^a,b,c  

^a Clinical Neurosciences ^*  (United States)

^b Integrated Center for Research and Treatment of Vertigo   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

coefficient of variation; Fano factor; Metric space approach; MST; spiking irregularity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; MEDIAL SUPERIOR TEMPORAL CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; RHESUS MONKEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VELOCITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; FANO FACTOR; METRIC-SPACE APPROACH; MST; SPIKING IRREGULARITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; EYE MOVEMENTS; MACACA MULATTA; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84880208301     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs146     Document Type: Article

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