Interactions between speed and contrast tuning in the middle temporal area: Implications for the neural code for speed

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 35, 2006, Pages 8988-8998

  Krekelberg, Bart ^a,b   Van Wezel, Richard J A ^c   Albright, Thomas D ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Labeled line model; Macaque monkey; Middle temporal area; Motion perception; Ratio model; Speed coding; Vector average model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MACACA; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TUNING CURVE; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33748252837     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1983-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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