Temporal resolution of ensemble visual motion signals in primate retina

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 6681-6689

  Chichilnisky, E J ^a,b   Kalmar, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Coding; Cortex; Motion; Precision; Primate; Retina; Retinal ganglion cell; Temporal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CODING; EYE MOVEMENT; MACACA; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0043135259     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-17-06681.2003     Document Type: Article

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