No binocular rivalry in the LGN of alert macaque monkeys

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1225-1234

  Lehky, Sidney R ^a,b   Maunsell, John H R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Binocular vision; Lateral geniculate nucleus; Macaque monkey; Rivalry

Indexed keywords

AFTERIMAGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; EYE FIXATION; GRATING; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MACACA; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD;

EID: 0029870131     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00232-4     Document Type: Article

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