Synchronous activity in the visual system

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 61, Issue , 1999, Pages 435-456

  Usrey, W Martin ^a   Reid, R Clay ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; LGN; Retina; Thalamus; Vision; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; GENICULATE BODIES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033003199     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.61.1.435     Document Type: Review

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