Neurons and Perception March 17, 2009 John Maunsell Maier, A., WIlke, M., Aura, C., Zhu, C., Ye, F.Q., Leopold, D.A. (2008) Divergence of fmri and neural signals in V1 during perceptual suppression in the awake monkey. Nature Neuroscience 11:1193-1200.
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Detection of Microstimulation of Human Visual Cortex Murphey et al. (2009)
Psychometric function for detecting microstimulation at a site in monkey V1 100 percent correct 50! = 5.2 µa " = 7.8 p = 1.0-0.5 0 3 6 pulse amplitude (µa) 12
Thresholds for detecting electrical microstimulation 30 V1 median 5.3 V1 7a DP V4 V2 LIP VIP MST MT 0 1 10 100 µa VP V4 TEO PIT CIT AIT
Thresholds for detecting electrical microstimulation 30 V1 median 5.3 V1 7a DP V4 V2 LIP VIP MST MT 0 1 10 100 µa VP V4 TEO PIT CIT AIT V2 median 6.4 1 10 100 µa
Thresholds for detecting electrical microstimulation 30 V3A median 8.1 0 1 10 100 µa 30 V1 median 5.3 V1 7a DP V4 V2 LIP VIP MST MT 0 1 10 100 µa VP V4 TEO PIT CIT AIT V2 median 6.4 1 10 100 µa
Thresholds for detecting electrical microstimulation 30 V3A median 8.1 25 MT median 9.2 0 1 10 100 µa 0 1 10 100 µa 30 V1 median 5.3 V1 7a DP V4 V2 LIP VIP MST MT 0 1 10 100 µa VP V4 TEO PIT CIT AIT V2 median 6.4 1 10 100 µa
Thresholds for detecting electrical microstimulation 30 V3A median 8.1 25 MT median 9.2 0 1 10 100 µa 0 1 10 100 µa 30 V1 median 5.3 V1 7a DP V4 V2 LIP VIP MST MT 0 1 10 100 µa VP V4 TEO PIT CIT AIT V2 median 6.4 IT median 10.3 1 10 100 µa 1 10 100 µa
Thresholds for detecting electrical microstimulation 30 V3A median 8.1 25 MT median 9.2 FEF median 14.4 0 1 10 100 µa 0 1 10 100 µa 30 V1 median 5.3 V1 7a DP V4 V2 LIP VIP MST MT FEF 1 10 100 µa 0 1 10 100 µa VP V4 TEO PIT CIT AIT V2 median 6.4 IT median 10.3 1 10 100 µa 1 10 100 µa