Spatiotemporal flow of information in the early visual pathway

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 593-601

  Moore, Bartlett D ^a,b   Rathbun, Daniel L ^c,d   Usrey, W Martin ^d   Freeman, Ralph D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; LGN; Retina; Spatial frequency

Indexed keywords

CAT; LGN; RETINA; SPATIAL FREQUENCY;

ANIMALS; CATS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; GENICULATE BODIES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84894077455     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12418     Document Type: Article

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