Effect of vertical disparities on depth representation in macaque monkeys: MT physiology and behavior

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 876-887

  Chowdhury, Syed A ^a   Christiansen, Daniel L ^a   Morgan, Michael L ^a   DeAngelis, Gregory C ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BINOCULAR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE FIXATION; MACACA; MIDDLE TEMPORAL LOBE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERTICAL DISPARITY FIELD; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION DISPARITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 39149109607     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00732.2007     Document Type: Article

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