Responses to moving texture patterns of cells in the striate-recipient zone of the cat's lateral posterior-pulvinar complex

Neuroscience

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 439-447

  Casanova, C ^a,b   Savard, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Area 17; Complex cells; LP nucleus; Motion sensitivity; Thalamus; Visual noise

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; CORPUS STRIATUM; EVOKED POTENTIALS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THALAMUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0029655423     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00359-2     Document Type: Article

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