Stimulus features eliciting visual responses from neurons in the nucleus lentiformis mesencephali in pigeons

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1079-1087

  Fu, Yu Xi ^a   Xiao, Quan ^a   Gao, Hong Feng ^a   Wang, Shu Rong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Feature detection; Nucleus lentiformis mesencephali; Optokinetic nystagmus; Pigeon; Receptive field

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; VISION;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; COMPUTERS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032213792     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523898156055     Document Type: Article

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