Neuronal activity in substantia nigra pars reticulata during target selection

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1883-1894

  Basso, Michele A ^a   Wurtz, Robert H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Disinhibition; Inhibition; Primate; Saccade; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; EYE TRACKING; LUMINANCE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0036522986     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-05-01883.2002     Document Type: Article

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