Simultaneous mapping of binocular and monocular receptive fields in awake monkeys for calibrating eye alignment in a dichoptical setup

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-56

  Gail, Alexander ^a   Brinksmeyer, Hans Joerg ^a   Eckhorn, Reinhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Binocular RFs; Dichoptical stimulation; Monkey V1; Monocular CRFs; Ocular dominance; Receptive field mapping; Reverse correlation; Stereo vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EYE; EYE DOMINANCE; MALE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; STEREOMICROSCOPY; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0037870636     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(03)00067-0     Document Type: Article

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