Distinct recurrent versus afferent dynamics in cortical visual processing

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1789-1797

  Reinhold, Kimberly ^a,b   Lien, Anthony D ^a,b   Scanziani, Massimo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXCITATION; FREQUENCY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; SYNAPSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84948792151     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4153     Document Type: Article

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