Functional asymmetries in visual pathways carrying S-cone signals in macaque

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 4078-4087

  Tailby, Chris ^a,d   Solomon, Samuel G ^b   Lennie, Peter ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue cone; Color; LGN; Macaque; Parallel pathways; S cone; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MACACA; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; TUNING CURVE; VISUAL SYSTEM; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RETINA CONE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENICULATE BODIES; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 43049180243     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5338-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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