Attention-induced neuronal activity in the monkey somatosensory cortex revealed by pupillometrics

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-181

  Iriki, Atsushi ^a,b   Tanaka, Michio ^a   Iwamura, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attention; Chronic monkey; Postcentral somatosensory cortex; Pupil dilation; Single unit recording

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MONKEY; MYDRIASIS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPILLOGRAPHY; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION;

EID: 0030176386     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(96)01043-7     Document Type: Article

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