Contributions of indirect pathways to visual response properties in macaque middle temporal area MT

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3894-3903

  Ponce, Carlos R ^a   Hunter, J Nicholas ^a   Pack, Christopher C ^b   Lomber, Stephen G ^c   Born, Richard T ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACACA; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL VISUAL AREA; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY VISUAL CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL AREA V3; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MACACA; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79952416291     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5362-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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