Monkey dorsolateral prefrontal cortex sends task-selective signals directly to the superior colliculus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 48, 2006, Pages 12471-12478

  Johnston, Kevin ^a   Everling, Stefan ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antidromic; Antisaccade; Corticotectal; Monkey; Prefrontal cortex; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; MESENCEPHALON; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; HAPLORHINI; MACACA MULATTA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 33845263684     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4101-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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