Microstimulation of the midbrain tegmentum creates learning signals for saccade adaptation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3759-3767

  Kojima, Yoshiko ^a   Yoshida, Kaoru ^a   Iwamoto, Yoshiki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Electrical stimulation; Macaque; Midbrain; Monkey; Motor learning; Saccade

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERROR; LEARNING; MONKEY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEGMENTUM; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LEARNING; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SACCADES; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 34147141334     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4958-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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