Encoding of binocular disparity by complex cells in the cat's visual cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2879-2909

  Ohzawa, Izumi ^a   DeAngelis, Gregory C ^a,b   Freeman, Ralph D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CAT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIATE CORTEX; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0030811324     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.6.2879     Document Type: Article

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