Vocal premotor activity in the superior colliculus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 98-110

  Sinha, Shiva R ^a,b,c   Moss, Cynthia F ^a,b  

^a Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colliculus; Extracellular recording; Neuroethology; Premotor; Sensorimotor; Spatial orientation; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VOCALIZATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECHOLOCATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 33846182263     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2683-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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