Microstimulation of the Frontal Eye Field and Its Effects on Covert Spatial Attention

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 152-162

  Moore, Tirin ^a,b   Fallah, Mazyar ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE TRACKING; LUMINANCE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0345827426     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00741.2002     Document Type: Article

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