Neuronal activity in the frontal eye field of the monkey is modulated while attention is focused on to a stimulus in the peripheral visual field, irrespective of eye movement

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 291-298

  Kodaka, Yasushi ^a   Mikami, Akichika ^a   Kubota, Kisou ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attention; Frontal eye field; Monkey; Prefrontal cortex; Visual response

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; MALE; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE MOVEMENTS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030750744     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(97)00055-2     Document Type: Article

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