Spatial properties and direction selectivity of single neurons in area 21b of the cat

Neuroscience

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 625-634

  Tardif, E ^a   Lepore, F ^a,b   Guillemot, J P ^a,b,c  

^a Grp Rech en Neuropsychologie Exp   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Area 21b; Contrast sensitivity; Spatial frequency; Temporal frequency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0034078506     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(00)00061-0     Document Type: Article

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