Robust directional computation in on-off directionally selective ganglion cells of rabbit retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 647-661

  Grzywacz, Norberto M ^a   Amthor, Franklin R ^b  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional Selectivity; Ganglion Cells; Plaid; Retina; Speed Tuning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; STRIATE CORTEX; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RABBITS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 34848851654     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523807070666     Document Type: Article

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