Organization of disparity-selective neurons in macaque area MT

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1398-1415

  DeAngelis, Gregory C ^a   Newsome, William T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binocular disparity; Columnar organization; Extrastriate; Functional architecture; Middle temporal; Stereopsis; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BINOCULAR VISION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MACACA; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE HISTOCHEMISTRY; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0033558205     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-04-01398.1999     Document Type: Article

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