Spectral sensitivity in hemianopic macaque monkeys

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2114-2120

  Cowey, Alan ^a   Stoerig, Petra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blindsight; Field defects; Purkinje shift; Striate cortex; Wavelength

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMIANOPIA; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MACACA; MALE; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ROD; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HEMIANOPSIA; LIGHT; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; SACCADES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; VISION TESTS; VISION, MONOCULAR;

EID: 0033046152     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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