Organization of the macaque extrastriate visual cortex re-examined using the principle of spatial continuity of function

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 305-320

  Aflalo, T N ^a   Graziano, M S A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMAN; MACAQUE EXTRASTRIATE VISUAL CORTEX; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; MACACA; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 78651461744     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00795.2010     Document Type: Article

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