Modulation of neuronal activity by target uncertainty

Nature

Volumn 389, Issue 6646, 1997, Pages 66-69

  Basso, Michele A ^a   Wurtz, Robert H ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HAPLORHINI; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030931985     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/37975     Document Type: Article

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