Stimulus-Specific Neuronal Oscillations in Orientation Columns of Cat Visual Cortex Export

@article{citeulike:805701, abstract = {In areas 17 and 18 of the cat visual cortex the firing probability of neurons, in response to the presentation of optimally aligned light bars within their receptive field, oscillates with a peak frequency near 40 Hz. The neuronal firing pattern is tightly correlated with the phase and amplitude of an oscillatory local field potential recorded through the same electrode. The amplitude of the local field-potential oscillations are maximal in response to stimuli that match the orientation and direction preference of the local cluster of neurons. Single and multiunit recordings from the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus showed no evidence of oscillations of the neuronal firing probability in the range of 20-70 Hz. The results demonstrate that local neuronal populations in the visual cortex engage in stimulus-specific synchronous oscillations resulting from an intracortical mechanism. The oscillatory responses may provide a general mechanism by which activity patterns in spatially separate regions of the cortex are temporally coordinated. 10.1073/pnas.86.5.1698}, author = {Gray, Charles M. and Singer, Wolf}, citeulike-article-id = {805701}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.86.5.1698}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/86/5/1698}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2922407}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=2922407}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.86.5.1698}, journal = {PNAS}, keywords = {binding, cat, neuroscience, oscillation, temporal, vision}, month = {March}, number = {5}, pages = {1698--1702}, posted-at = {2008-06-24 17:32:21}, priority = {3}, title = {Stimulus-Specific Neuronal Oscillations in Orientation Columns of Cat Visual Cortex}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.86.5.1698}, volume = {86}, year = {1989} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:805701 L3 - citeulike-article-id:805701 N2 - In areas 17 and 18 of the cat visual cortex the firing probability of neurons, in response to the presentation of optimally aligned light bars within their receptive field, oscillates with a peak frequency near 40 Hz. The neuronal firing pattern is tightly correlated with the phase and amplitude of an oscillatory local field potential recorded through the same electrode. The amplitude of the local field-potential oscillations are maximal in response to stimuli that match the orientation and direction preference of the local cluster of neurons. Single and multiunit recordings from the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus showed no evidence of oscillations of the neuronal firing probability in the range of 20-70 Hz. The results demonstrate that local neuronal populations in the visual cortex engage in stimulus-specific synchronous oscillations resulting from an intracortical mechanism. The oscillatory responses may provide a general mechanism by which activity patterns in spatially separate regions of the cortex are temporally coordinated. 10.1073/pnas.86.5.1698 IS - 5 JF - PNAS EP - 1702 TI - Stimulus-Specific Neuronal Oscillations in Orientation Columns of Cat Visual Cortex VL - 86 SP - 1698 KW - binding KW - cat KW - neuroscience KW - oscillation KW - temporal KW - vision AU - Gray, Charles AU - Singer, Wolf PY - 1989/03/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.86.5.1698 ER -