Properties of saccade-related neurons in the cat superior colliculus: Patterns of movement fields and discharge timing

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-164

  Kang, Incheol ^a   Lee, Choongkil ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amplitude tuning; Motor error; Movement field; Oculomotor; Saccade

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAZE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0034052125     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002219900265     Document Type: Article

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