Binocular visual responses in cells of the rat dLGN

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 566, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 119-124

  Grieve, Kenneth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA GANGLION CELL; THALAMUS; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BRAIN REGION; CELL ASSAY; CELL FUNCTION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 22144464443     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.090878     Document Type: Article

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