Mapping the primate lateral geniculate nucleus: A review of experiments and methods

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-10

  Jeffries, Ailsa M ^a   Killian, Nathaniel J ^a   Pezaris, John S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Early visual system; Extra classical receptive field; LGN; Reverse correlation; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; CLASSICAL RECEPTIVE FIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTRACLASSICAL RECEPTIVE FIELD; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PRIMATE; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIATE CORTEX; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; WHITE NOISE;

CLASSICAL RECEPTIVE FIELD; CRF; EARLY VISUAL SYSTEM; EC; ECI; ECRF; EXTRA-CLASSICAL; EXTRA-CLASSICAL INHIBITION; EXTRA-CLASSICAL RECEPTIVE FIELD; K; KONIOCELLULAR; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; LGN; M; MAGNOCELLULAR; MAXIMALLY INFORMATIVE DIMENSIONS; MID; P; PARVOCELLULAR; PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINAL GANGLION CELL; REVERSE CORRELATION; RF; RGC; SPIKE-TRIGGERED AVERAGE; SPIKE-TRIGGERED COVARIANCE; STA; STC; THALAMUS; V1;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; MACACA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84893016113     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: 17697115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2013.10.001     Document Type: Review

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