Neuronal responses in visual areas MT and MST during smooth pursuit target selection

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1433-1446

  Ferrera, Vincent P ^a,b   Lisberger, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COLOR VISION; LATENT PERIOD; MACACA; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030880764     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.3.1433     Document Type: Article

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