On the role of self-excitation in the development of topographic order in the visual system of the frog

BioSystems

Volumn 48, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 215-222

  Somogyvári, Zoltán ^a,b   Andai, Attila ^a,b   Székely, György ^c   Érdi, Péter ^a  

^a Wigner RCP   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Neural development; Self excitation; Topographic order

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; FROG; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; RETINA; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANURA;

EID: 0032213613     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2647(98)00068-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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