Receptive field and orientation scatter studied by tetrode recordings in cat area 17

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 637-652

  Hetherington, P A ^a   Swindale, N V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortical maps; Disparity; Multicellular recording; Orientation tuning; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; SENSORY NERVE CELL; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CATS; CELL COUNT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0033166848     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523899164046     Document Type: Article

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