Responses of neurons in the nucleus of the basal optic root to translational and rotational flowfields

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 267-276

  Wylie, Douglas R W ^a   Frost, Barrie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NERVE ROOT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 0033028319     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.1.267     Document Type: Article

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