Visual stabilization of the eyes in primates

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 867-871

  Miles, F A ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; REVIEW; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0031434533     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(97)80148-1     Document Type: Article

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