On interpreting responses to low contrast stimuli in terms of magnocellular activity - A few remarks

Vision Research

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 989-990

  Skottun, Bernt C ^a   Skoyles, John R ^b,c  

^a Ullevålsalleen 4C   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; LETTER; LUMINANCE; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; NEURONS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 77952009754     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.04.030     Document Type: Letter

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