Injection of nicotine into the superior colliculus facilitates occurrence of express saccades in monkeys

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1642-1646

  Aizawa, Hiroshi ^a,d   Kobayashi, Yasushi ^a,c   Yamamoto, Masaru ^a   Isa, Tadashi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACACA; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RECEPTOR BINDING; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0032821219     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.3.1642     Document Type: Article

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