Representation of the spatial relationship among object parts by neurons in macaque inferotemporal cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3147-3156

  Yamane, Yukako ^a,b   Tsunoda, Kazushige ^a,c   Matsumoto, Madoka ^a   Phillips, Adam N ^a   Tanifuji, Manabu ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGING; MACACA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33751549262     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01224.2005     Document Type: Article

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