Spatial resolution and contrast sensitivity of single neurons in area 19 of split-chiasm cats: A comparison with primary visual cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1929-1939

  Tardif, Eric ^a   Richer, Louis ^b   Bergeron, André ^a   Lepore, Franco ^a   Guillemot, Jean Paul ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Area 19; Areas 17 18; Contrast threshold; Corpus callosum; Spatial frequency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CAT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CRANIAL NERVE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEURONS; OPTIC CHIASM; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030983851     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb00760.x     Document Type: Article

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