Saccadic reaction time in the monkey: Advanced preparation of oculomotor programs is primarily responsible for express saccade occurrence

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3666-3681

  Paré, Martin ^a,b   Munoz, Douglas P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0030463421     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.6.3666     Document Type: Article

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