V1 mechanisms underlying chromatic contrast detection

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2483-2494

  Hass, Charles A ^a   Horwitz, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Color vision; Detection psychophysics; Electrophysiology; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COLOR VISION; EYE POSITION; FEMALE; MACACA; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STRIATE CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

COLOR VISION; DETECTION PSYCHOPHYSICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84878584207     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00671.2012     Document Type: Article

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