Microsaccades differentially modulate neural activity in the striate and extrastriate visual cortex

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 341-345

  Leopold, David A ^a   Logothetis, Nikos K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Extrastriate; Fixation; Monkeys; Perceptual stability; Saccades; Saccadic suppression; Striate; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STRIATE CORTEX; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FIXATION, OCULAR; FOVEA CENTRALIS; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SACCADES; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031758208     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050577     Document Type: Article

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