Site and parameters of microstimulation: Evidence for independent effects on the properties of saccades evoked from the primate superior colliculus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 3360-3381

  Stanford, Terrence R ^a   Freedman, Edward G ^b   Sparks, David L ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; LATENT PERIOD; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0029926522     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.5.3360     Document Type: Article

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