Effects of attention on orientation-tuning functions of single neurons in macaque cortical area V4

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 431-441

  McAdams, Carrie J ^a   Maunsell, John H R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Area V4; Attention; Cortex; Extrastriate; Monkey; Orientation; Tuning; Visual

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE POSITION; HISTOLOGY; MACACA; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; TUNING CURVE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0032953456     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-01-00431.1999     Document Type: Article

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