Synaptic physiology and receptive field structure in the early visual pathway of the cat

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-69

  Hirsch, Judith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; IN VIVO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0037213124     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/13.1.63     Document Type: Conference Paper

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