Visual receptive field properties of neurons in the caudate nucleus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 449-452

  Nagy, Attila ^a   Eördegh, Gabriella ^a   Norita, Masao ^b   Benedek, György ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cat; Caudate nucleus; Extracellular recordings; Visual

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN REGION; CAT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS; VELOCITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0041733087     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02764.x     Document Type: Article

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