Multimodal representation of optic flow in area PEc of macaque monkey

Neuroscience

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1241-1255

  Raffi, M ^a   Carrozzini, C ^a   Maioli, M G ^a   Squatrito, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eye position; Heading perception; Optic flow; Parietal cortex; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL EXPANSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE POSITION; GAZE; LOCOMOTION; MACACA; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; OPTIC FLOW; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 78650169774     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.09.026     Document Type: Article

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