Competitive mechanisms subserve attention in macaque areas V2 and V4

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1736-1753

  Reynolds, John H ^a   Chelazzi, Leonardo ^b   Desimone, Robert ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c Laboratory of Neuropsychology   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrastriate cortex; Model; Monkey; Spatial attention; V2; V4

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; MACACA; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0033103897     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-05-01736.1999     Document Type: Article

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