Visual cortex: Fatigue and adaptation.
Prolonged exposure to a visual pattern perturbs visual perception, affecting the appearance of subsequently viewed patterns. Recent results demonstrate that this visual adaptation is explained partly by a cellular mechanism acting in individual cortical neurons.
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Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and University of Zurich, Switzerland. matteo@ini.phys.ethz.ch
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D005221:Fatigue; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*