Visual physiology of the lateral geniculate nucleus in two species of New World monkey: Saimiri sciureus and Aotus trivirgatis

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 523, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 755-769

  Usrey, W Martin ^a,b   Reid, R Clay ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; THALAMUS; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AOTUS; AOTUS TRIVIRGATIS; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; GIANT CELL; LATENT PERIOD; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MACACA; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NERVE CELL; PARVOCELLULAR NEURON; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PLATYRRHINI; SAIMIRI SCIUREUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SQUIRREL MONKEY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

EID: 0034653606     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.00755.x     Document Type: Article

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