Temporal modulation sensitivity of tree shrew retinal ganglion cells

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 363-372

  Lu, Haidong D ^a,b   Petry, Heywood M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Optic tract; Sustained cells; Temporal modulation sensitivity function; Temporal vision; Transient cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SCANDENTIA; VISION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TUPAIIDAE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0347087245     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523803204028     Document Type: Article

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