Bi-sensory, striped representations: Comparative insights from owl and platypus

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 98, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 113-124

  Pettigrew, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BRAIN CORTEX; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRORECEPTOR; EYE; EYE DOMINANCE; HEMISPHERE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; OWL; PLATYPUS; PREY; PRIMATE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRIATE CORTEX; TIME;

ANIMALS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PLATYPUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRIGIFORMES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 5144220630     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2004.03.016     Document Type: Article

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