Laminar and retinotopic organization of the macaque lateral geniculate nucleus: Magnocellular and parvocellular magnification functions

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 375, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 363-377

  Malpeli, Joseph G ^a   Lee, Daeyeol ^a,c   Baker, Frank H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

fovea; primate; thalamus; vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MACACA; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; THALAMUS; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENICULATE BODIES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0029959297     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961118)375:3<363::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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