Efficient discrimination of temporal patterns by motion-sensitive neurons in primate visual cortex

Neuron

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 959-969

  Buračas, Giedrius T ^a   Zador, Anthony M ^a   DeWeese, Michael R ^b   Albright, Thomas D ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MACACA; NERVE CELL; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0032078148     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80477-8     Document Type: Article

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