Neural cartography: Sensory and motor maps in the superior colliculus

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 49-56

  Sparks, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic unit recording; Microstimulation; Motor maps; Movement fields; Saccadic eye movements; Sensory maps; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; EYE FIXATION; HEARING; HISTOLOGY; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION;

ANIMAL; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FIXATION, OCULAR; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0023749318     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000116575     Document Type: Article

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