Receptive field organization and response properties of visual neurons in the pigeon nucleus semilunaris

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 331, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 179-182

  Agis Torres, Angel ^a   Ball, Stephen G ^b   Vaughan, Peter F T ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Isthmic nuclei; Optic tectum; Receptive field; Tectofugal pathway; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL SHAPE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS SEMILUNARIS; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; COLUMBIDAE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0037131564     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00882-0     Document Type: Article

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