Effects of attention on MT and MST neuronal activity during pursuit initiation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 777-790

  Recanzone, Gregg H ^a   Wurtz, Robert H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRASTRIATE CORTEX; EYE TRACKING; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RHESUS MONKEY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0033962247     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.2.777     Document Type: Article

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