Combined eye-head gaze shifts produced by electrical stimulation of the superior colliculus in rhesus monkeys

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 927-952

  Freedman, Edward G ^a   Stanford, Terrence R ^a,b   Sparks, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT; GAZE; HEAD MOVEMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0029800889     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.2.927     Document Type: Article

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