On the division of cortical cells into simple and complex types: A comparative viewpoint

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3699-3702

  Ibbotson, M R ^a   Price, N S C ^a   Crowder, N A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CAT; CELL DIVISION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MARSUPIAL; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVIEW; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MACROPODIDAE; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 19344370445     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01159.2004     Document Type: Review

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