Efferent pathways of the nucleus of the optic tract in monkey and their role in eye movements

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 90-107

  Buttner Ennever J A ^a   Cohen, B ^b   Horn, A K E ^a   Reisine, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

accessory optic nuclei; ocular pursuit; optokinetic nystagmus; pretectum; visual thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; MONKEY; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EYE MOVEMENTS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MACACA; MICROINJECTIONS; NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0029780773     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19960909)373:1<90::aid-cne8>3.3.co;2-j     Document Type: Article

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