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The functional properties of the light-sensitive neurons of the posterior parietal cortex studied in waking monkeys: foveal sparing and opponent vector organization

BC Motter and VB Mountcastle
Journal of Neuroscience 1 January 1981, 1 (1) 3-26; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.01-01-00003.1981
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https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.01-01-00003.1981
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7346556
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  • First published January 1, 1981.
  • Version of record published January 1, 1981.
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© 1981 by Society for Neuroscience

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  2. VB Mountcastle

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The functional properties of the light-sensitive neurons of the posterior parietal cortex studied in waking monkeys: foveal sparing and opponent vector organization
BC Motter, VB Mountcastle
Journal of Neuroscience 1 January 1981, 1 (1) 3-26; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.01-01-00003.1981

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