Contrast dependence of response normalization in area MT of the rhesus macaque

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 3398-3408

  Heuer, Hilary W ^a   Britten, Kenneth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; FEMALE; ILLUMINATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RHESUS MONKEY; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 0036900356     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00255.2002     Document Type: Article

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