Competition between saccade goals in the superior colliculus produces saccade curvature

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2577-2590

  McPeek, Robert M ^a   Han, Jae H ^a   Keller, Edward L ^a  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL INTERACTION; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRACTIBILITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MALE; MONKEY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPIKE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037541507     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00657.2002     Document Type: Article

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