Direction-specific adaptation in area MT of the owl monkey.
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Single neurons were recorded in owl monkey middle temporal visual cortex (MT). Directional neurons showed direction-selective adaptation to pattern motion: responses to motion in the preferred direction were reduced by adaptation to motion in the preferred direction and enhanced by adaptation in the opposite direction. Non-directional neurons did not show significant adaptation.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Brain research
دوره 346 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1985