The smooth monostratified ganglion cell: Evidence for spatial diversity in the Y-cell pathway to the lateral geniculate nucleus and superior colliculus in the macaque monkey

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 48, 2008, Pages 12654-12671

  Crook, Joanna D ^a   Peterson, Beth B ^a   Packer, Orin S ^a   Robinson, Farrel R ^a,d   Gamlin, Paul D ^b   Troy, John B ^c   Dacey, Dennis M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

^d Washington National Primate Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnocellular LGN; Primate; Retina; Spatial vision; Superior colliculus; Y cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MACACA; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA Y CELL; SMOOTH MONOSTRATIFIED GANGLION CELL; SPIKE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL SHAPE; DENDRITES; DEXTRANS; GENICULATE BODIES; MACACA MULATTA; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ORIENTATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RHODAMINES; SPACE PERCEPTION; STAINING AND LABELING; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; SYNAPSES; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 58149332164     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2986-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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