Encoding of binocular disparity by simple cells in the cat's visual cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1779-1805

  Ohzawa, Izumi ^a   Deangelis, Gregory C ^a   Freeman, Ralph D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CAT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0029895243     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.5.1779     Document Type: Article

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