Endpoint accuracy in saccades interrupted by stimulation in the omnipause region in monkey

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1059-1067

  Keller, E L ^a,b,c,d   Gandhi, N J ^a,c,d   Shieh, J M ^a,b  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interrupted saccades; Omnipause neurons; Resettable neural integrator; Saccadic accuracy and precision; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENT; MACACA; MALE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0030279548     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800007719     Document Type: Article

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