Columns for complex visual object features in the inferotemporal cortex: Clustering of cells with similar but slightly different stimulus selectivities

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 90-99

  Tanaka, Keiji ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0037213107     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/13.1.90     Document Type: Conference Paper

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