Effects of eye position upon activity of neurons in macaque superior colliculus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 505-526

  Campos, Michael ^a,b   Cherian, Anil ^a   Segraves, Mark A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; EYE POSITION; FEMALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; ANIMAL; MACACA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; MACACA MULATTA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 33644807402     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00639.2005     Document Type: Article

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