NMDA receptor antagonist ketamine impairs feature integration in visual perception.

Recurrent interactions between neurons in the visual cortex are crucial for the integration of image elements into coherent objects, such as in figure-ground segregation of textured images. Blocking N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in monkeys can abolish neural signals related to figure-ground...

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Main Authors: Julia D I Meuwese, Anouk M van Loon, H Steven Scholte, Philipp B Lirk, Nienke C C Vulink, Markus W Hollmann, Victor A F Lamme
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3815103?pdf=render