Deficits in saccade target selection after inactivation of superior colliculus

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 757-763

  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; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; EYE TRACKING; MONKEY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FIXATION, OCULAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GABA AGONISTS; LIDOCAINE; MACACA MULATTA; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSCIMOL; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 3042826538     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1269     Document Type: Article

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