Macaque frontal eye field input to saccade-related neurons in the superior colliculus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1046-1062

  Helminski, Janet O ^a,b   Segraves, Mark A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HISTOLOGY; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; MACACA MULATTA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0042817878     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00072.2003     Document Type: Article

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