Responses of neurons in area VIP to self-induced and external visual motion

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 520-528

  Gabel, S F ^a   Misslisch, H ^c   Gielen, C C A M ^a   Duysens, J ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Sint Maartenskliniek   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Awake monkey; Direction selectivity; Optic flow; Parietal cortex; Smooth pursuit

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036452169     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1268-5     Document Type: Article

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