The influence of fixational eye movements on the response of neurons in area MT of the macaque

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 779-786

  Bair, Wyeth ^a   O'Keefe, Lawrence R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlated neuronal discharge; Extrastriate cortex; Response variance; Saccadic suppression; Visual motion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EYE FIXATION; GENICULATE BODY; MACACA; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; FIXATION, OCULAR; GENICULATE BODIES; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; SACCADES; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0032127825     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523898154160     Document Type: Article

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