Temporal frequency and velocity-like tuning in the pigeon accessory optic system

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1829-1841

  Crowder, Nathan A ^a   Dawson, Michael R W ^a   Wylie, Douglas R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY OPTIC TRACT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MOTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; OPTOKINETIC STIMULATION; PIGEON; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VELOCITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; NEURONS; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0141676587     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00654.2002     Document Type: Article

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