Fine structure of parvocellular receptive fields in the primate fovea revealed by laser interferometry

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2043-2053

  McMahon, Matthew J ^a,b,c   Lankheet, Martin J M ^d   Lennie, Peter ^e   Williams, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HR Kruytgebouw   (Netherlands)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acuity; Ganglion cells; Interferometry; LGN; Parvocellular; Retinal circuitry; Spatial vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; INTERFEROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034161252     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-05-02043.2000     Document Type: Article

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