Analysis of direction-tuning curves of neurons in the turtle's accessory optic system

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 361-370

  Rosenberg, Alexander F ^a   Ariel, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory optic system; Direction sensitive; Turtle; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNING CURVE; TURTLE; VELOCITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TURTLES; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0031872689     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050470     Document Type: Article

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