Properties of Saccadic Responses in Monkey When Multiple Competing Visual Stimuli Are Present

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 890-900

  Arai, Kuniharu ^a   McPeek, Robert M ^a   Keller, Edward L ^a  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STEREOTYPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES;

EID: 0842327847     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00818.2003     Document Type: Article

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