The Lateral Geniculate Nucleus

The Primate Visual System: A Comparative Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 161-189

  Kremers, Jan ^a   Kaas, Jon H ^b   Martin, Paul R ^c   Solomon, Samuel G ^d  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classical receptive field (CRF); Contrast gain control; Counterphase modulating sinusoidal gratings; DoG model; Lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN); LGN organization retinotopic maps; Receptive field spatial properties; Retino geniculo cortical pathway; Tonic and burst modes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889300438     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470868112.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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