Motion sensitivity in cat's superior colliculus: Contribution of different visual processing channels to response properties of collicular neurons

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 209-228

  Waleszczyk, Wioletta J ^a   Wang, Chun ^b   Benedek, Gyórgy ^c   Burke, William ^b   Dreher, Bogdan ^b  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cat; Speed tuning; Superior colliculus; Visual information channels; W cells; X cells; Y cells

Indexed keywords

BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAMMAL; MOTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC TECTUM; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA; RETINA CELL; RETINA W CELL; RETINA X CELL; RETINA Y CELL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TIME PERCEPTION; VELOCITY; VISION;

ANIMALS; CATS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 2442633171     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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