Linear responses to stochastic motion signals in area MST

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1115-1124

  Heuer, Hilary W ^a   Britten, Kenneth H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ANIMALS; MACACA MULATTA; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548764381     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00083.2007     Document Type: Article

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