Crossmodal integration in the primate superior colliculus underlying the preparation and initiation of saccadic eye movements

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3659-3673

  Bell, Andrew H ^a   Meredith, M Alex ^b   Van Opstal, A John ^c   Munoz, Douglas P ^a,d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONKEY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STATISTICS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 19344367296     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01214.2004     Document Type: Article

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