Medial superior temporal area neurons respond to speed patterns in optic flow

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2839-2851

  Duffy, Charles J ^a   Wurtz, Robert H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

extrastriate; motion; MST; optic flow; speed; vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; MACACA; MOTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VELOCITY; VISION;

EID: 0030975484     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-08-02839.1997     Document Type: Article

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