Neural maps versus salt-and-pepper organization in visual cortex

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 95-102

  Kaschube, Matthias ^a  

^a FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BODY MASS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; BRAIN WEIGHT; CAT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CONNECTOME; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EVOLUTION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EYE DOMINANCE; FERRET; GALAGIDAE; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; LAGOMORPH; MAMMAL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURAL MAP; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION PREFERENCE MAP; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; RODENT; SALT AND PEPPER ORGANIZATION; SCANDENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPIKE; SYNAPSE; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; NERVE NET; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84884965579     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2013.08.017     Document Type: Review

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