Gaze shifts evoked by electrical stimulation of the superior colliculus in the head-unrestrained cat. I. Effect of the locus and of the parameters of stimulation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1331-1344

  Guillaume, Alain ^a,b   Pélisson, Denis ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Eye movement; Gaze motor map; Saccade; Tectum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0035783695     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816X.2001.01744.x     Document Type: Article

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