Facilitation of saccade initiation by brainstem cholinergic system

Brain and Development

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages

  Kobayashi, Yasushi ^a   Saito, Yasuhiko ^a   Isa, Tadashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attention; Express saccade; Monkey; Nicotine; Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NICOTINE;

ALERTNESS; BRAIN STEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TEGMENTUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NICOTINE; PONS; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 0035192424     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(01)00330-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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