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SUBMITTER: Smith GB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4334116 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Smith Gordon B GB Sederberg Audrey A Elyada Yishai M YM Van Hooser Stephen D SD Kaschube Matthias M Fitzpatrick David D
Nature neuroscience 20150119 2
Stimulus discrimination depends on the selectivity and variability of neural responses, as well as the size and correlation structure of the responsive population. For direction discrimination in visual cortex, only the selectivity of neurons has been well characterized across development. Here we show in ferrets that at eye opening, the cortical response to visual stimulation exhibits several immaturities, including a high density of active neurons that display prominent wave-like activity, a h ...[more]