Receptive field dynamics underlying MST neuronal optic flow selectivity

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2794-2807

  Yu, Chen Ping ^a   Page, William K ^b   Gaborski, Roger ^a   Duffy, Charles J ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RHESUS MONKEY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; MACACA MULATTA; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 77952984896     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01085.2009     Document Type: Article

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