Spatial properties of X and Y cells in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat and conduction velocities of their inputs

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1979, Pages 533-550

  So, Yuen Tat ^a   Shapley, Robert ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction velocity; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Spatial resolution; X and Y cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CLASSIFICATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NERVE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMAL; AXONS; CATS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GENICULATE BODIES; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; OPTIC NERVE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0018508573     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00238521     Document Type: Article

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