Representation and integration of multiple sensory inputs in primate superior colliculus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 1246-1266

  Wallace, M T ^a   Wilkinson, L K ^a   Stein, B E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RHESUS MONKEY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0029837286     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.2.1246     Document Type: Article

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