Visual detection deficits following inactivation of the superior colliculus in the cat

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 687-701

  Fitzmaurice, Marnie C ^a   Ciaramitaro, Vivian M ^a   Palmer, Larry A ^a   Rosenquist, Alan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscimol; Superior colliculus; Visual detection; Visual orienting

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; HEAD MOVEMENT; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PERIMETRY; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATS; GABA AGONISTS; MALE; MUSCIMOL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 2942528877     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095252380320609X     Document Type: Article

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