The direct visuo-motor pathway in mammalian superior colliculus; novel perspective on the interlaminar connection

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 107-113

  Isa, Tadashi ^a   Saito, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Disinhibition; Interlaminar connection; Local circuit; NMDA receptors; Saccadic eye movement; Slice; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; CELL STRUCTURE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0034803117     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(01)00278-4     Document Type: Article

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