Neck muscle responses to stimulation of monkey superior colliculus. II. Gaze shift initiation and volitional head movements

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 2000-2018

  Corneil, Brian D ^b   Olivier, Etienne ^a   Munoz, Douglas P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EYE POSITION; GAZE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; KINEMATICS; MONKEY; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NECK MUSCLE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0036798445     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2002.88.4.2000     Document Type: Article

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