Mapping of the receptive fields in the optic tectum of chicken (Gallus gallus) using sparse noise.

The optic tectum plays a key role in visual processing in birds. While the input from the retina is topographic in the superficial layers, the deep layers project to the thalamic nucleus rotundus in a functional topographical manner. Although the receptive fields of tectal neurons in birds have been...

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Main Authors: Josine Verhaal, Harald Luksch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3620443?pdf=render