Direction-Selective Cells

The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 413-422

  Euler, T ^a   Hausselt, S E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amacrine cells; Cholinergic amacrine cells; Direction detector; Direction selectivity; Ganglion cells; Global motion; Image motion; Local motion; Motion direction; Optokinetic nystagmus; Retina; Starburst amacrine cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649133165     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370880-9.00275-9     Document Type: Chapter

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