Excitatory conyergence of Y and non-Y information channels on single neurons in the PMLS area, a motion area of the cat visual cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 921-933

  Dreher, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Direction selectivity; Ocular dominance profile; Peak discharge rate; Selective pressure block; Velocity preference

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; MALE; MOTION; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; MOTION; NEURONS; OPTIC NERVE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030949029     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01443.x     Document Type: Article

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