Disparity selectivity of neurons in monkey inferior temporal cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 120-132

  Uka, Takanori ^a,b   Tanaka, Hiroki ^c   Yoshiyama, Kenji ^a   Kato, Makoto ^a,b   Fujita, Ichiro ^a,b,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SPECIFICITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0000586098     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.84.1.120     Document Type: Article

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