Influence of visual signals on the coordination of spontaneous eye and head movements in infant rabbits

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 359-362

  Tegetmeyer, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crosscorrelation analysis; Eye head coupling; Orienting movements; Postnatal development; Saccadic velocities; Saccedes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; HEAD MOVEMENT; LIGHT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0029809411     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(96)00121-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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