On your mark, get set: Brainstem circuitry underlying saccadic initiation

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 934-944

  Munoz, D P ^a   Dorris, M C ^a   Pare, M ^a   Everling, S ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eye movement; Motor control; Motor preparation; Reticular formation; Saccade; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; RETICULAR FORMATION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0033695296     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y00-062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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