Binocular neurons in the nucleus lentiformis mesencephali in pigeons: Responses to translational and rotational optic flowfields

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-12

  Wylie, Douglas R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessory optic system; Optokinetic; Pretectum; Self motion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MESENCEPHALON; MOTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; PIGEON; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RETINA; ROTATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MESENCEPHALON; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; ROTATION; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0034623303     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01367-7     Document Type: Article

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