The overrepresentation of the fovea and adjacent retina in the striate cortex and dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the macaque monkey

Neuroscience

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 627-639

  Azzopardi, P ^a   Cowey, A ^a  

^a Dept of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cortical magnification factor; lateral geniculate nucleus; retina; sensory sealing; transneuronal labelling; visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MONKEY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; STRIATE CORTEX; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029981535     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00589-7     Document Type: Article

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