Spike synchrony generated by modulatory common input through NMDA-type synapses

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1418-1433

  Wagatsuma, Nobuhiko ^a,b   von der Heydt, Rüdiger ^b   Niebur, Ernst ^b  

^a TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Border ownership; Modulatory input; N methyl D aspar tate type synapse; Selective attention; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; GASTRIN CELL; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SYNAPSE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; KINETICS; MACACA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; KINETICS; MACACA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84988592756     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01142.2015     Document Type: Article

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