Visual training paired with electrical stimulation of the basal forebrain improves orientation-selective visual acuity in the rat

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1493-1507

  Kang, Jun Il ^a   Groleau, Marianne ^a   Dotigny, Florence ^a   Giguère, Hugo ^a   Vaucher, Elvire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Attention; Cholinergic system; Cortical plasticity; Perceptual learning

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL PLASTICITY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STRIATE CORTEX; THERAPY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL LEARNING; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VISUAL WATER MAZE; ANIMAL; LEARNING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BASAL FOREBRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84904288917     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-013-0582-y     Document Type: Article

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