Adaptation to visual motion in directional neurons of the nucleus of the optic tract

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1481-1493

  Ibbotson, Michael R ^a   Clifford, Colin W G ^a,b   Mark, Richard F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; MARSUPIAL; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0031891032     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.3.1481     Document Type: Article

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