Monosynaptic activation of medium-lead burst neurons from the superior colliculus in the alert cat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2658-2661

  Chimoto, S ^a,b   Iwamoto, Y ^a,b   Shimazu, H ^a,b   Yoshida, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0029938897     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.6.2658     Document Type: Article

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