Spectral receptive field properties of neurons in the feline superior colliculus

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-98

  Waleszczyk, Wioletta J ^a   Nagy, Attila ^b   Wypych, Marek ^a   Berényi, Antal ^b   Paróczy, Zsuzsanna ^b   Eördegh, Gabriella ^b   Ghazaryan, Anaida ^a   Benedek, György ^b  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Spatial frequency tuning; Spectral receptive fields; Speed tuning; Superior colliculus; Temporal frequency tuning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL FIELD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34447101056     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-0908-1     Document Type: Article

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