Cell Types, Circuits, and Receptive Fields in the Mouse Visual Cortex

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue , 2015, Pages 413-431

  Niell, Cristopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Inhibition; Orientation selectivity; Perception; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; THALAMUS; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; LOCOMOTION; MICE; NEURONS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84937415508     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: 15454126     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-neuro-071714-033807     Document Type: Article

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