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The spontaneous activity of visual cortical cells is much lower than that of LGN cells (Fig. 12/1). This leads us to suspect1 that cortical cells are subject to important inhibitory influences. Indeed many cortical properties rely on intracortical inhibitions and not just on excitatory connections. Evidence for the involvement of intracortical inhibition in functional properties of cortical cells will first be reviewed. In the second and third part of this chapter, possible sources of this inhibition will be examined, both from physiological and anatomical points of view.
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Orban, G.A. (1984). Intracortical Mechanisms Underlying Properties of Cat Visual Cortical Cells. In: Neuronal Operations in the Visual Cortex. Studies of Brain Function, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46469-0_13
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