Activity of neurons in monkey superior colliculus during interrupted saccades

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2562-2580

  Munoz, Douglas P ^b   Waitzman, David M ^b   Wurtz, Robert H ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; GENE LOCUS; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; MONKEY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0029937129     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.6.2562     Document Type: Article

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