Quantitative analysis of substantia nigra pars reticulata activity during a visually guided saccade task

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3458-3475

  Handel, Ari ^a   Glimcher, Paul W ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; MACACA; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0033377373     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.6.3458     Document Type: Article

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