Functions of the nucleus of the optic tract (NOT). I. Adaptation of the gain of the horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 416-432

  Yakushin, Sergei B ^a   Reisine, Harvey ^a   Büttner Ennever, Jean ^b   Raphan, Theodore ^c   Cohen, Bernard ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Gain adaptation; Monkey; Nucleus of the optic tract (NOT); Vestibule ocular reflex; Visual suppression

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CORNEA REFLEX; GAZE; HEAD MOVEMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RHESUS MONKEY; ROTATION; VELOCITY; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0034033738     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002219900303     Document Type: Article

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