The early phase of horizontal optokinetic responses in the pigmented rat and the effects of lesions of the visual cortex

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1615-1625

  Harvey, R J ^a,b   De'Sperati, C ^a,c   Strata, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eye acceleration; Fast rise; Optokinetic nystagmus; Rat; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; EYE MOVEMENTS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; ROTATION; TIME FACTORS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030992785     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00292-1     Document Type: Article

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