Superimposed maps of the monocular visual fields in the caudolateral optic tectum in the frog, Rana pipiens

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-109

  Winkowski, Daniel E ^a,b   Gruberg, Edward R ^a  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Layer 7; Mirror image; Optic tectum; Topographic map

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE; FROG; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; RANA PIPIENS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 18744396067     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523805221132     Document Type: Article

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