Release of fixation for pursuit and saccades in humans: Evidence for shared inputs acting on different neural substrates

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2822-2833

  Krauzlis, R J ^a   Miles, F A ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0029910037     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.5.2822     Document Type: Article

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