Spatiotemporal frequency tuning dynamics of neurons in the owl visual wulst

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3424-3436

  Pinto, Lucas ^a   Baron, Jerome ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; STRIGIFORMES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 77953534108     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01151.2009     Document Type: Article

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