The temporal properties of the response of macaque ganglion cells and central mechanisms of flicker detection

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Lee, Barry B ^a,b   Sun, Hao ^a,c   Zucchini, Walter ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatic; Flicker; Luminance; Magnocellular; Neurometric; Parvocellular

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIGHT; MACACA; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; COLOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 36248939070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.14.1     Document Type: Article

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