Direction-selective neurons in the optokinetic system with long-lasting after-responses

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2224-2231

  Price, Nicholas S C ^a   Ibbotson, Michael R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; HEAD MOVEMENT; MOTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0036849013     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00739.2001     Document Type: Article

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