Planar directional contributions to optic flow responses in MST neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 782-796

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

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL VISION; EYE FIXATION; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0031026566     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.2.782     Document Type: Article

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