Selective tuning for contrast in macaque area V4

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 47, 2013, Pages 18583-18596

  Sani, Ilaria ^a   Santandrea, Elisa ^a   Golzar, Ashkan ^b   Morrone, Maria Concetta ^c,d   Chelazzi, Leonardo ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^e National Neuroscience Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GAZE; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPIKE WAVE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL AREA V4; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84887842171     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3465-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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