Orientation bias of neurons in the lateral geniculate nucleus of macaque monkeys

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 525-545

  Smith, Earl L ^a   Chino, Yuzo M ^a   William, H ^a,b   Ridder, R ^a   Kitagawa, Kosuke ^a   Langston, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Orientation selectivity; Primate; Receptive field ellipticity; S potential; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENICULATE BODY; MACACA; NERVE CELL; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORM PERCEPTION; GENICULATE BODIES; MACACA FASCICULARIS; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0025582423     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800000699     Document Type: Article

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