An evolutionary scaling law for the primate visual system and its basis in cortical function

Nature

Volumn 411, Issue 6834, 2001, Pages 193-195

  Stevens, Charles F ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; VISION;

NEOCORTEX;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; EVOLUTION; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; PRIMATES; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; TARSIUS SYRICHTA;

EID: 0035837247     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35075572     Document Type: Article

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