Coding of stereoscopic depth information in visual areas V3 and V3A

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 28, 2011, Pages 10270-10282

  Anzai, Akiyuki ^a   Chowdhury, Syed A ^b   DeAngelis, Gregory C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TUNING CURVE; VISUAL AREA V3; VISUAL AREA V3A; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISION DISPARITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 79960404126     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5956-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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