Synaptic basis for differential orientation selectivity between complex and simple cells in mouse visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 31, 2015, Pages 11081-110936

  Li, Ya Tang ^a   Liu, Bao Hua ^a,c   Chou, Xiao Lin ^a   Zhang, Li I ^a,b   Tao, Huizhong W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitation inhibition balance; In vivo whole cell recording; Orientation tuning; Receptive field; Synaptic input

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; FEMALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; ORIENTATION SELECTIVITY; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE; VISUAL CORTEX; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MICE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84938770020     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5246-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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