Retinal ganglion cell maps in the brain: Implications for visual processing

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 133-142

  Dhande, Onkar S ^a,b   Huberman, Andrew D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOPSIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL ACTIVITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE LOCUS; HABENULA; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MIGRAINE; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS; VISION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84887940052     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2013.08.006     Document Type: Review

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