Receptive fields of primate retinal ganglion cells studied with a novel technique

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 161-175

  Lee, Barry B ^a   Kremers, Jan ^b   Yeh, Tsaiyao ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Center; Magnocellular; Parvocellular; Primate ganglion cells; Surround

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERNEURON; LIGHT; MACACA; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERNEURONS; LIGHT; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MATHEMATICS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0031601940     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095252389815112X     Document Type: Article

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