Mechanisms of direction selectivity in macaque V1

Neuron

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 509-526

  Livingstone, Margaret S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIRECTIONAL VISION; EYE FIXATION; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY;

EID: 0032031228     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80991-5     Document Type: Article

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