Adaptation changes the direction tuning of macaque MT neurons

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 764-772

  Kohn, Adam ^a   Movshon, J Anthony ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACACA; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; MACACA; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 3042781376     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1267     Document Type: Article

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