Anatomy and physiology of saccadic long-lead burst neurons recorded in the alert squirrel monkey. I. Descending projections from the mesencephalon

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 332-352

  Scudder, Charles A ^a   Moschovakis, Adonis K ^a   Karabelas, Athanasios B ^a   Highstein, Stephen M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EFFERENT NERVE; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MESENCEPHALON RETICULAR FORMATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RETICULAR FORMATION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SQUIRREL MONKEY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0030013372     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.1.332     Document Type: Article

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