Object selectivity of local field potentials and spikes in the macaque inferior temporal cortex. Export

@article{citeulike:666230, abstract = {Local field potentials (LFPs) arise largely from dendritic activity over large brain regions and thus provide a measure of the input to and local processing within an area. We characterized LFPs and their relationship to spikes (multi and single unit) in monkey inferior temporal cortex (IT). LFP responses in IT to complex objects showed strong selectivity at 44\% of the sites and tolerance to retinal position and size. The LFP preferences were poorly predicted by the spike preferences at the same site but were better explained by averaging spikes within approximately 3 mm. A comparison of separate sites suggests that selectivity is similar on a scale of approximately 800 microm for spikes and approximately 5 mm for LFPs. These observations imply that inputs to IT neurons convey selectivity for complex shapes and that such input may have an underlying organization spanning several millimeters.}, address = {McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. kreiman@mit.edu}, author = {Kreiman, G. and Hung, C. P. and Kraskov, A. and Quiroga, R. Q. and Poggio, T. and DiCarlo, J. J.}, citeulike-article-id = {666230}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2005.12.019}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0896627305011311}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16446146}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16446146}, day = {2}, doi = {10.1016/j.neuron.2005.12.019}, issn = {0896-6273}, journal = {Neuron}, keywords = {inferotemporal, lfp}, month = {February}, number = {3}, pages = {433--445}, posted-at = {2008-12-24 09:22:55}, priority = {2}, title = {Object selectivity of local field potentials and spikes in the macaque inferior temporal cortex.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2005.12.019}, volume = {49}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:666230 L3 - citeulike-article-id:666230 N2 - Local field potentials (LFPs) arise largely from dendritic activity over large brain regions and thus provide a measure of the input to and local processing within an area. We characterized LFPs and their relationship to spikes (multi and single unit) in monkey inferior temporal cortex (IT). LFP responses in IT to complex objects showed strong selectivity at 44% of the sites and tolerance to retinal position and size. The LFP preferences were poorly predicted by the spike preferences at the same site but were better explained by averaging spikes within approximately 3 mm. A comparison of separate sites suggests that selectivity is similar on a scale of approximately 800 microm for spikes and approximately 5 mm for LFPs. These observations imply that inputs to IT neurons convey selectivity for complex shapes and that such input may have an underlying organization spanning several millimeters. IS - 3 JF - Neuron SN - 0896-6273 AD - McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. kreiman@mit.edu EP - 445 TI - Object selectivity of local field potentials and spikes in the macaque inferior temporal cortex. VL - 49 SP - 433 KW - inferotemporal KW - lfp AU - Kreiman, G AU - Hung, CP AU - Kraskov, A AU - Quiroga, RQ AU - Poggio, T AU - DiCarlo, JJ PY - 2006/02/02/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2005.12.019 ER -