Orientation and spatiotemporal tuning of cells in the primary visual cortex of an Australian marsupial, the wallaby Macropus eugenii
Date
2003
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Ibbotson, Michael
Mark, R F
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Springer
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The metatherians (marsupials) have been separated from eutherians (placentals) for approximately 135 million years. It might, therefore, be expected that significant independent evolution of the visual system has occurred. The present paper describes for
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Keywords: animal; article; cytology; depth perception; electrophysiology; evoked visual response; male; marsupial; movement perception; nerve cell; orientation; physiology; visual cortex; visual field; Animals; Electrophysiology; Evoked Potentials, Visual; Macropod Marsupial; Orientation tuning; Single-unit electrophysiology; Spatiotemporal tuning; Visual cortex
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Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology
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Journal article