Encoding of smooth pursuit direction and eye position by neurons of area MSTd of macaque monkey

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3847-3860

  Squatrito, Salvatore ^a,b   Maioli, Maria Grazia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

area MSTd; extrastriate cortex; eye position; oculomotor system; self movement control; smooth pursuit; visuomotor integration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; EYE POSITION; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0030920559     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-10-03847.1997     Document Type: Article

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