Anatomical distribution of arm-movement-related neurons in the primate superior colliculus and underlying reticular formation in comparison with visual and saccadic cells

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 206-216

  Werner, Wilfried ^a   Hoffmann, Klaus Peter ^a   Dannenberg, Sabine ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arm movement; Monkey; Reticular formation; Superior colliculus; Tectofungal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; RHESUS MONKEY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ANIMALS; ARM; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; MACACA MULATTA; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; RETICULAR FORMATION; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION;

EID: 0030959059     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005691     Document Type: Article

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