Dynamic ensemble coding of saccades in the monkey superior colliculus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2326-2341

  Goossens, H H L M ^a   Van Opstal, A J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; EYELID REFLEX; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; KINETICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SPIKE WAVE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLINKING; EYE MOVEMENTS; MACACA MULATTA; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33646189404     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00889.2005     Document Type: Article

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