Spatio-temporal receptive field properties of cells in the rat superior colliculus

Brain Research

Volumn 1142, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-91

  Prévost, François ^a   Lepore, Franco ^a   Guillemot, Jean Paul ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Directional sensitivity; Spatial frequency; Temporal frequency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LONG EVANS RAT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL RECEPTIVE FIELD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL FIELDS;

RATTUS;

EID: 33947150918     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.01.041     Document Type: Article

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