Specificity and strength of retinogeniculate connections

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3527-3540

  Usrey, W Martin ^a,b   Reppas, John B ^a   Reid, R Clay ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0033381703     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.6.3527     Document Type: Article

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