Activity of visuomotor burst neurons in the superior colliculus accompanying express saccades

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 908-926

  Edelman, Jay A ^a   Keller, Edward L ^b  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAZE; LATENT PERIOD; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL SYSTEM; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0029791819     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.2.908     Document Type: Article

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