Pontine neurons which relay projections from the superior colliculus to the posterior vermis of the cerebellum in the cat: Distribution and visual properties

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-102

  Matsuzaki, Ryuichi ^a   Kyuhou, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Dorsolateral pontine nucleus; Nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis; Saccadic eye movement; Visual motion

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CAT; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PONS; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030662313     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00779-9     Document Type: Article

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