Differential characteristics of face neuron responses within the anterior superior temporal sulcus of macaques

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1252-1266

  De Souza, Wania C ^a   Eifuku, Satoshi ^a   Tamura, Ryoi ^a   Nishijo, Hisao ^a   Ono, Taketoshi ^a,b  

^a TOYAMA MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIES; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MACACA; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SUBICULUM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23044457828     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00949.2004     Document Type: Article

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