Dissociation of Neural Mechanisms Underlying Orientation Processing in Humans

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1458-1462

  Ling, Sam ^a   Pearson, Joel ^a,b   Blake, Randolph ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 69949174312     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.06.069     Document Type: Article

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