Functional organization of speed tuned neurons in visual area MT

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 246-256

  Liu, Jing ^a   Newsome, William T ^a  

^a NONE

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ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0037252855     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00097.2002     Document Type: Article

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