Spike synchrony reveals emergence of proto-objects in visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 6860-6870

  Martin, Anne B ^a   von der Heydt, Rüdiger ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Area V2; Attention; Binding; Figure ground organization; Objects; Spike synchrony

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAPLORHINI; HEMISPHERE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SPIKE WAVE; VISUAL CORTEX; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ATTENTION; CYTOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RHESUS MONKEY; SENSORY FEEDBACK; STATISTICS; VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FORM PERCEPTION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84929347367     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3590-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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