A centrifugally controlled circuit in the avian retina and its possible role in visual attention switching

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1043-1048

  Clarke, Peter G H ^a   Gyger, Marcel ^b   Catsicas, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attention; Birds; Centrifugal fibers; Isthmo optic nucleus; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHICKEN; EYE FIXATION; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; QUAIL; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CHICKENS; FIXATION, OCULAR; NERVE FIBERS; QUAIL; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030278777     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800007690     Document Type: Article

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