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SUBMITTER: Niell CM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3184003 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Niell Cristopher M CM Stryker Michael P MP
Neuron 20100201 4
Studies of visual processing in rodents have conventionally been performed on anesthetized animals, precluding examination of the effects of behavior on visually evoked responses. We have now studied the response properties of neurons in primary visual cortex of awake mice that were allowed to run on a freely rotating spherical treadmill with their heads fixed. Most neurons showed more than a doubling of visually evoked firing rate as the animal transitioned from standing still to running, witho ...[more]