Orientation preference and horizontal disparity sensitivity in the monkey visual cortex

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 824-833

  Gonzalez, Francisco ^a,b   Bermudez, Maria A ^a   Vicente, Ana F ^a   Romero, Maria C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Direction selectivity; Monkey; Orientation selectivity; Stereopsis; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CYTOLOGY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 77958575156     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2010.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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