Reversible mechanical fixation of eye position in awake head-restrained pigeons (Columba livia)

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 67-71

  Letelier, Juan Carlos ^a   Mpodozis, Jorge ^a   Marin, Gonzalo ^a   Morales, Daniver ^a   Henny, Pablo ^a   Madrid, Carlos ^a   Velasco, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Eye fixation; Gaze control; Pigeon; Receptive field; Saccades; Visual system

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EYE POSITION; GAZE; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; MAGNETICS; MALE; NEURONS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0032887762     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(99)00073-4     Document Type: Article

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