Practicing coarse orientation discrimination improves orientation signals in macaque cortical area V4

Current Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 1661-1666

  Zivari Adab, Hamed ^a   Vogels, Rufin ^a  

^a KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LEARNING; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RHESUS MONKEY; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LEARNING; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; HAPLORHINI; MACACA;

EID: 80053957496     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.08.037     Document Type: Article

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