Smooth eye movements evoked by electrical stimulation of the cat's superior colliculus

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 382-390

  Missal, M ^a,b   Lefevre P ^a   Delinte, A ^a   Crommelinck, M ^a   Roucoux, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Laboratoire de Neurophysiologie   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cat; Electrical stimulation; Eye drifts; Saccades; Smooth eye movements; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENT; GAZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0030067052     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00230420     Document Type: Article

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