The responses of VIP neurons are sufficiently sensitive to support heading judgments

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1865-1873

  Zhang, Tao ^a   Britten, Kenneth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CELL STIMULATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EYE MOVEMENT; MALE; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MODELS, ANIMAL; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; ROC CURVE; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77951244180     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00401.2009     Document Type: Article

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