Role of the pretectal nucleus of the optic tract in short-latency ocular following responses in monkeys

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 269-281

  Inoue, Y ^a,b   Takemura, A ^a   Kawano, K ^a   Mustari, M J ^a,c  

^a ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Monkey; Nystagmus; Ocular following; Pretectum

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; VELOCITY; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0034063768     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002219900310     Document Type: Article

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