Global cognitive factors modulate correlated response variability between V4 neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 49, 2014, Pages 16408-16416

  Ruff, Douglas A ^a   Cohen, Marlene R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Multielectrode recordings; Population coding; V4; Variability; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALERTNESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COGNITION; EYE MOVEMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RHESUS MONKEY; SENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS; VISUAL AREA V4; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84914703923     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2750-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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