Contribution of the cerebellar flocculus to gaze control during active head movements

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3105-3109

  Belton, T ^a   Mccrea, R A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CEREBELLUM FLOCCULUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; GAZE; HEAD MOVEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; SQUIRREL MONKEY; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

EID: 0033026856     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.6.3105     Document Type: Article

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