Adaptive modification of saccade size produces correlated changes in the discharges of fastigial nucleus neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1011-1026

  Scudder, Charles A ^a,b   McGee, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; FASTIGIAL NUCLEUS; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS; SACCADES;

EID: 0041815988     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00193.2002     Document Type: Article

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