Effects of age on latency and variability of visual response in monkeys

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1163-1165

  Yu, Shan ^a   Wang, Xiusong ^b   Fu, Yu ^b   Zhang, Jie ^b   Ma, Yuanye ^b   Wang, Yongchang ^a,b   Zhou, Yifeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 33749678443     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/982005-572     Document Type: Article

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