The spatial profile of macaque MT neurons is consistent with gaussian sampling of logarithmically coordinated visual representation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-75

  Kumano, Hironori ^a   Uka, Takanori ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; INTEGRATION; KERNEL METHOD; MACACA; MIDDLE TEMPORAL VISUAL AREA; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RECORDING; SAMPLING; SPATIAL SUMMATION; STRIATE CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; MACACA; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77954447094     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00040.2010     Document Type: Article

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