Directional selective neurons in the awake LGN: Response properties and modulation by brain state

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 362-373

  Hei, Xiaojuan ^a   Stoelzel, Carl R ^a   Zhuang, Jun ^a   Bereshpolova, Yulia ^a   Huff, Joseph M ^a   Alonso, Jose Manuel ^a,b   Swadlow, Harvey A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Alert brain state; Direction selectivity; LGN

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL SELECTION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPATIAL SUMMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; RABBITS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84904308200     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00121.2014     Document Type: Article

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