Visual receptive fields of neurons in primary visual cortex (V1) move in space with the eye movements of fixation

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 257-265

  Gur, Moshe ^a,b   Nodderly, D Max ^b,c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Macaque; Receptive field; Single cells; Stabilized image; Striate cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE POSITION; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; MACACA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS; RETINA; SACCADES; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0031032491     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00182-4     Document Type: Article

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