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SUBMITTER: Bondar IV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2784294 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bondar Igor V IV Leopold David A DA Richmond Barry J BJ Victor Jonathan D JD Logothetis Nikos K NK
PloS one 20091209 12
Many neurons in primate inferotemporal (IT) cortex respond selectively to complex, often meaningful, stimuli such as faces and objects. An important unanswered question is whether such response selectivity, which is thought to arise from experience-dependent plasticity, is maintained from day to day, or whether the roles of individual cells are continually reassigned based on the diet of natural vision. We addressed this question using microwire electrodes that were chronically implanted in the ...[more]