Rapid contrast gain reduction following motion adaptation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 4000-4009

  Nordström, Karin ^a,b   De Miguel, Irene Moyer ^b   O'Carroll, David C ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elementary motion detector; EMD; Fast adaptation; Flicker; Motion vision; Time course

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIPTERA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIPTERA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MOTION;

EID: 82055170489     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.057539     Document Type: Article

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