Contrast sensitivity of MT receptive field centers and surrounds

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1888-1899

  Tsui, James M G ^a   Pack, Christopher C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contrast response function; Middle temporal area; Surround suppression

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; MACACA; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FIXATION, OCULAR; MACACA MULATTA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIZE PERCEPTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 80054019448     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00165.2011     Document Type: Article

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