Responses of optokinetic neurons in the pretectum and accessory optic system of the pigeon to large-field plaids

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 109-119

  Crowder, Nathan A ^a   Wylie, Douglas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aperture problem; Optic flow; Optokinetic nystagmus; Plaids; Sine wave gratings

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; NERVE CELL; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; COLUMBIDAE; NEURONS; NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036525457     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0280-3     Document Type: Article

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