Neurons in the supplementary eye field of rhesus monkeys code visual targets and saccadic eye movements in an oculocentric coordinate system

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 825-848

  Russo, Gary S ^a,b   Bruce, Charles J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; EYE POSITION; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0029844514     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.2.825     Document Type: Article

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