Quantitative analysis of abducens neuron discharge dynamics during saccadic and slow eye movements

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2612-2632

  Sylvestre, Pierre A ^a   Cullen, Kathleen E ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; MACACA; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SPIKE; VESTIBULAR NYSTAGMUS;

EID: 0032719390     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.5.2612     Document Type: Article

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