Visual responses of neurons in the middle temporal area of new world monkeys after lesions of striate cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 5552-5563

  Rosa, Marcello G P ^a   Tweedale, Rowan ^a   Elston, Guy N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Blindsight; Extrastriate; Marmoset; Receptive fields; Scotoma; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN INJURY; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MARMOSET; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SCOTOMA; STRIATE CORTEX; SURVIVAL TIME; VISION;

EID: 0034662083     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-14-05552.2000     Document Type: Article

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