Quantitative reassessment of speed tuning in the accessory optic system and pretectum of pigeons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 546-551

  Winship, Ian R ^a   Crowder, Nathan A ^b   Wylie, Douglas R Wong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VELOCITY; VISUAL SYSTEM; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN STEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; COLUMBIDAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33644792099     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00921.2005     Document Type: Article

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