Binocular interactions and spatial disparity sensitivity in the superior colliculus of the siamese cat

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-192

  Bacon, Benoit A ^a   Lepore, Franco ^a   Guillemot, Jean Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Binocular vision; Electrophysiology; Ocular dominance; Stereopsis; Strabismus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BINOCULAR VISION; CAT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE DOMINANCE; EYE FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; STRABISMUS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CATS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIXATION, OCULAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MUTATION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; STRABISMUS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033009560     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050613     Document Type: Article

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