The frontal eye fields target multisensory neurons in cat superior colliculus

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 460-470

  Meredith, M Alex ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Eye movements; Polysensory; Somatosensory; Visual

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CAT; EYE; GAZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; EYE; EYE MOVEMENTS; FRONTAL LOBE; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSES; TOUCH; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0032853622     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050869     Document Type: Article

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