The perceptual grouping criterion of colinearity is reflected by anisotropies of connections in the primary visual cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1083-1089

  Schmidt, Kerstin E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Area 17; Cat; Elongation; Orientation columns; Strabismus; Tangential connections

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CATS; STRABISMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030913264     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01459.x     Document Type: Article

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