Optogenetic and pharmacological suppression of spatial clusters of face neurons reveal their causal role in face gender discrimination

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 6730-6735

  Afraz, Arash ^a,b   Boyden, Edward S ^a,b,c,d   DiCarlo, James J ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Face; Gender discrimination; Inferior temporal cortex; Object recognition; Optogenetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR TEMPORAL CORTEX; MACACA; MALE; NERVE CELL; OPTOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXISM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RHESUS MONKEY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPORAL LOBE;

PRIMATES;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FACE; FEMALE; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MUSCIMOL; OPTOGENETICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84930227069     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1423328112     Document Type: Article

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