Spatial and Temporal Features of 1 Synaptic to Discharge 2 Receptive Field Transformation in Cat Area 17
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1 Spatial and Temporal Features of 1 Synaptic to Discharge 2 Receptive Field Transformation in Cat Area 17 3 4 Lionel G. Nowak, Maria V. Sanchez-Vives and David A. McCormick 5 6 1 Department of Neurobiology and the Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale University School of 7 Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA. [email protected]. 8 2 CerCo, Université Toulouse 3, CNRS, Faculté de Médecine de Rangueil, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 9 9, France. [email protected]. 10 3 ICREA-IDIBAPS, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain. [email protected]. 11 12 Running head: Synaptic to discharge RF transformation 13 14 Contact information: Dr Nowak, as above. Phone (33) 562 17 28 01, Fax (33) 562 17 28 09. 15 16 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (November 11, 2009). doi:10.1152/jn.90946.2008
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