Transient pauses in delay-period activity of superior colliculus neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2252-2264

  Li, Xiaobing ^a   Kim, Byounghoon ^a   Basso, Michele A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL FIELD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; MACACA MULATTA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33646190979     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01000.2005     Document Type: Article

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