Representation of the visual field in the primary visual area of the marmoset monkey: Magnification factors, point-image size, and proportionality to retinal ganglion cell density

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 521, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1001-1019

  Chaplin, Tristan A ^a   Yu, Hsin Hao ^a   Rosa, Marcello G P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Callithrix jacchus; Computational maps; Peripheral scaling; Primate; Receptive fields; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALLITHRIX; CELL DENSITY; CORTICAL MAGNIFICATION FACTOR; NONHUMAN; POINT IMAGE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CALLITHRIX; CELL COUNT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEUROIMAGING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84871313353     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23215     Document Type: Article

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