Neural mechanisms of stimulus velocity tuning in the superior colliculus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3573-3589

  Razak, Khaleel A ^a,b   Pallas, Sarah L ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECORTICATION; HAMSTER; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; VELOCITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; MESOCRICETUS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 27144442790     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00816.2004     Document Type: Article

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