Visual-auditory interactions modulate saccade-related activity in monkey superior colliculus

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-224

  Frens, Maarten A ^a,b   Van Opstal, A John ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Auditory system; Models; Monkey; Multisensory integration; Saccades; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0031868058     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(98)00007-0     Document Type: Article

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