Optically imaged maps of orientation preference in primary visual cortex of cats and ferrets

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 387, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 358-370

  Rao, S Chenchal ^a,b   Toth, Louis J ^a,c   Sur, Mriganka ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Area 17; Intrinsic signals; Orientation domains; Orientation fracture; Timing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FERRET; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030923458     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19971027)387:3<358::aid-cne3>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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