Functions of the nucleus of the optic tract (NOT). II. Control of ocular pursuit

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 433-447

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

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eye movement; Monkey; Nucleus of the optic tract (NOT); Optokinetic nystagmus; Smooth pursuit

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTRODE; EYE TRACKING; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; OPTIC TRACT; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VELOCITY; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0034128153     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002219900302     Document Type: Article

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