Directional modulation of visual responses of pretectal neurons by accessory optic neurons in pigeons

Neuroscience

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 153-159

  Gu, Y ^b   Wang, Y ^b   Wang, S R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Accessory optic system; Directional selectivity; Lidocaine; Optokinetic nystagmus; Pretectum; Receptive field

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; INJECTION SITE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC TECTUM; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; FEMALE; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0035836491     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(01)00056-2     Document Type: Article

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