Competitive integration of visual and preparatory signals in the superior colliculus during saccadic programming

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 5053-5062

  Dorris, Michael C ^a   Olivier, Etienne ^b   Munoz, Doug P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Motor control; Motor preparation; Saccade; Sensorimotor integration; Superior colliculus; Target selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MONKEY; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FIXATION, OCULAR; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SACCADES; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 34248358210     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4212-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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