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- Received December 12, 2011
- Revision received May 23, 2012
- Accepted May 28, 2012
- First published July 25, 2012.
- Version of record published July 25, 2012.
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Author contributions
Author contributions: Y.-T.M. and S.L.P. designed research; Y.-T.M. performed research; Y.-T.M. analyzed data; Y.-T.M. and S.L.P. wrote the paper.
Disclosures
- Received December 12, 2011.
- Revision received May 23, 2012.
- Accepted May 28, 2012.
This research was supported by National Science Foundation Grant IBN-0451018, National Institutes of Health Grant EY/MH 12696, and the Georgia State University Research Foundation (all to S.L.P), a Georgia State University Brains and Behavior scholarship (Y.T.M.), and National Science Foundation Grant IBN-9876754 under the Science and Technology Centers Program. We thank Profs. Khaleel A. Razak, Robert Liu, Donald Edwards, and Charles Derby for their comments in the preparation of this manuscript. We also thank Prof. Jennifer Bizley and Dr. Jeff Ko for advice on ferret anesthesia and Prof. Jennifer Bizley and Tim Balmer for help with MATLAB code. We are indebted to the Department of Animal Resources at Georgia State University and particularly Cindy Marshall for expert animal care.
- Correspondence should be addressed to Sarah L. Pallas, Department of Biology and Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 5030, Atlanta, GA 30303. spallas{at}gsu.edu
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