Neuronal mechanisms of two-dimensional orienting movements in the cat. I. A quantitative study of saccades and slow drifts produced in response to the electrical stimulation of the superior colliculus

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 65-82

  Grantyn, A A ^a   Dalezios, Y ^b   Kitama, T ^a   Moschovakis, A K ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Burst generator; Eye position sensitivity; Fixed vector; Glissades; Goal directed; Orbital biomechanics

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYE POSITION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; ORIENTING REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0029837958     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(96)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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