Visual response latencies of magnocellular and parvocellular LGN neurons in macaque monkeys

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-14

  Maunsell, John H R ^a,b   Ghose, Geoffrey M ^a,b   Assad, John A ^b   Mcadams, Carrie J ^b   Boudreau, Christen Elizabeth ^b   Noerager, Brett D ^b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Latency; LGN; Macaque; Magnocellular; Parvocellular; Single unit

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CYTOLOGY; GENICULATE BODY; MACACA; MALE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENICULATE BODIES; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033029122     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523899156177     Document Type: Article

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