Orientation mosaic in barn owl's visual Wulst revealed by optical imaging: Comparison with cat and monkey striate and extra-striate areas

Brain Research

Volumn 961, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 153-158

  Liu, Guang Bin ^a   Pettigrew, John Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barn owl; Cat; Marmoset monkey; Optical imaging; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CARNIVORA; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MONKEY; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; OWL; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TECHNIQUE; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; CATS; OPTICS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; ROTATION; STRIGIFORMES; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0037462309     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03747-2     Document Type: Article

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