Visual acuity in the short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica)

Neuroscience

Volumn 223, Issue , 2012, Pages 124-130

  Dooley, J C ^a   Nguyen, H M ^a   Seelke, A M H ^a   Krubitzer, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Evolution; Marsupial; Optokinetic; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; MALE; MARSUPIAL; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; OPTOKINETIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; MALE; MICE; MONODELPHIS; NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYLOGENY; RATS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84865447998     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.07.065     Document Type: Article

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