Receptive field properties of neurons in the primary visual cortex under photopic and scotopic lighting conditions

Vision Research

Volumn 47, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 2569-2574

  Duffy, Kevin R ^a   Hubel, David H ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cortex; Monkey; Receptive field; Scotopic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DARK ADAPTATION; EYE FIXATION; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MACACA; MONKEY; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DARK ADAPTATION; LIGHTING; MACACA MULATTA; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 34548426615     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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