Spatial and temporal visual properties of single neurons in the feline anterior ectosylvian visual area

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 108-114

  Nagy, Attila ^a   Eördegh, Gabriella ^a   Benedek, György ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

AEV; Direction selectivity; Motion detection; Spatial frequency; Temporal frequency

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0037670932     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1488-3     Document Type: Article

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