Differential contributions of magnocellular and parvocellular pathways to the contrast response of neurons in bush baby primary visual cortex (V1)

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-76

  Allison, John D ^a,b   Melzer, Peter ^c   Ding, Yuchuan ^a,d   Bonds, A B ^b   Casagrande, Vivien A ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Parallel pathways; Primate; Receptive field; Striate cortex; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; STRIATE CORTEX; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GALAGO; GENICULATE BODIES; NEURONS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0034024482     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095252380017107X     Document Type: Article

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