Projections from the superior colliculus motor map to omnipause neurons in monkey

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 413, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-67

  Büttner Ennever, Jean A ^a   Horn, Anja K E ^a   Henn, V ^b   Cohen, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaze fixation; Nucleus raphe interpositus; Predorsal bundle; Rostral pole of the superior colliculus motor map; Saccade generator; Superior colliculus ipsilateral descending pathway

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; EYE FIXATION; MONKEY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; MACACA; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE NET; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0345425667     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19991011)413:1<55::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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