A micro-architecture for binocular disparity and ocular dominance in visual cortex

Nature

Volumn 458, Issue 7238, 2009, Pages 627-631

  Kara, Prakash ^a   Boyd, Jamie D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN; CALCIUM; EYE; METAZOAN; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PREDATOR; VISION;

ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE DOMINANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CATS; DOMINANCE, OCULAR; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

FELIS SILVESTRIS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MANTIS RELIGIOSA; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 63949087907     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07721     Document Type: Article

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