Impulse responses distinguish two classes of directional motion-sensitive neurons in the nucleus of the optic tract

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 996-1007

  Ibbotson, Michael R ^a   Mark, Richard F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; MARSUPIAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VELOCITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0029873140     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.3.996     Document Type: Article

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