Spatial structure of cone inputs to receptive fields in primate lateral geniculate nucleus
β Scribed by Reid, R. Clay; Shapley, Robert M.
- Book ID
- 109780358
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 560 KB
- Volume
- 356
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/356716a0
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