Mouse primary visual cortex is used to detect both orientation and contrast changes

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 50, 2013, Pages 19416-19422

  Glickfeld, Lindsey L ^a   Histed, Mark H ^a   Maunsell, John H R ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast; Inhibition; Mouse visual cortex; Optogenetics; Orientation; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

CHANNELRHODOPSIN 2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUAL PROTEINS AND PIGMENTS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPIKE; STRIATE CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRUS INFECTION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

CONTRAST; INHIBITION; MOUSE VISUAL CORTEX; OPTOGENETICS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; GENICULATE BODIES; MICE; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84889841074     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3560-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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