Response properties of corticotectal and corticostriatal neurons in the posterior lateral suprasylvian cortex of the cat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 8550-8565

  Niida, Takahiro ^a   Stein, Barry E ^b   McHaffie, John G ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Caudate; Lateral suprasylvian; Orientation behavior; Striatum; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BASAL GANGLION; BINOCULAR VISION; CAT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SPATIAL SUMMATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SUPRASYLVIAN GYRUS; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030775373     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-21-08550.1997     Document Type: Article

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