Ocular dominance peaks at pinwheel center singularities of the orientation map in cat visual cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3381-3385

  Crair, Michael C ^a   Ruthazer, Edward S ^a   Gillespie, Deda C ^a   Stryker, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CAT; EYE DOMINANCE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030758169     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.6.3381     Document Type: Article

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