Saccadic premotor neurons in the brainstem: Functional neuroanatomy and clinical implications

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 229-240

  Horn, Anja K E ^a   Büttner Ennever, Jean A ^a   Büttner, Ulrich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burst neurons; Omnipause neurons; Saccadic disorders; Transmitters

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN STEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MONKEY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; REVIEW; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

EID: 0029838862     PISSN: 01658107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01658109609044631     Document Type: Review

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