Organization of intracortical circuits in relation to direction preference maps in ferret visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 1999, Pages

  Roerig, Birgit ^a   Kao, J P Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Direction selectivity; Inhibition; Intracortical circuits; Optical imaging; Photostimulation; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONNECTOME; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 85030908214     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.19-24-j0002.1999     Document Type: Article

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