Facilitation and suppression of single striate-cell activity by spatially discrete pattern stimuli presented beyond the receptive field

@article{Mizobe2001FacilitationAS,
  title={Facilitation and suppression of single striate-cell activity by spatially discrete pattern stimuli presented beyond the receptive field},
  author={Keiko Mizobe and Uri Polat and Mark W. Pettet and Takuji Kasamatsu},
  journal={Visual Neuroscience},
  year={2001},
  volume={18},
  pages={377 - 391},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:12541180}
}
Visual stimulation of a region outside the receptive field of single cells in visual cortex often results in the modulation of their responses. The modulatory effects are thought to be mediated through lateral connections within visual cortex. Research on lateral interactions commonly shows suppression. There has been no systematic study of the optimal conditions for facilitation. Here we have studied the nature of the modulation using a new type of compound stimulus: contrast reversal of… 
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