title: Binocular rivalry: neurons unwire when they can't simultaneously fire.
abstract: Binocular rivalry, where very different monocular images appear to alternate, changes its perceptual characteristics over time. New evidence suggests that this results from synaptic weakening or decoupling of neurons that are prevented from firing together.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. hrwilson@yorku.ca
authors.forename: Hugh R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D015348:Vision, Binocular