Spatial and temporal properties of cone signals in alert macaque primary visual cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 42, 2006, Pages 10826-10846

  Conway, Bevil R ^a,b   Livingstone, Margaret S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Color; Color constancy; Double opponent; Primate; Receptive field; V1

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MACACA; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); MACACA; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33750963127     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2091-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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