Axonal conduction delays, brain state, and corticogeniculate communication

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 26, 2017, Pages 6342-6358

  Stoelzel, Carl R ^a   Bereshpolova, Yulia ^a   Alonso, Jose Manuel ^a,b   Swadlow, Harvey A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Alert brain state; Corticothalamic; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Layer 6; Neocortical axons; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUTCH BELTED (RABBIT); ELECTRODE IMPLANTATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; EVOKED RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VISUAL STIMULATION; WAKEFULNESS; ANIMAL; AROUSAL; AXON; GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBITS AND HARES; THALAMUS; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; AXONS; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RABBITS; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 85021338274     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0444-17.2017     Document Type: Article

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