Heterogeneity in local distributions of orientation-selective neurons in the cat primary visual cortex

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 509-516

  Maldonado, Pedro E ^a,b   Gray, Charles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats; Orientation selectivity; Tetrodes; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030137457     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s095252380000818x     Document Type: Article

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