Response properties of pretectal omnidirectional pause neurons in the behaving primate

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 116-125

  Mustari, Michael J ^a   Fuchs, Albert F ^a   Pong, Milton ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; NONHUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; OPTIC TRACT; PRETECTUM; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0031038061     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.1.116     Document Type: Article

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