Contrast independence of cardinal preference: Stable oblique effect in orientation maps of ferret visual cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1258-1270

  Grabska Barwińska, Agnieszka ^a   Distler, Claudia ^a   Hoffmann, Klaus Peter ^a   Jancke, Dirk ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Oblique effect; Orientation tuning; Striate cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FERRET; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FERRETS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 61849145250     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06656.x     Document Type: Article

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