Representation of Cardinal Contour Overlaps Less with Representation of Nearby Angles in Cat Visual Cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3912-3920

  Wang, Gang ^a   Ding, Shan ^b   Yunokuchi, Kazutomo ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0347382302     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00219.2003     Document Type: Article

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