Comparison of saccade-associated neuronal activity in the primate central mesencephalic and paramedian pontine reticular formations

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 835-850

  Cromer, Jason A ^a   Waitzman, David M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Program in Neuroscience ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; MALE; MESENCEPHALON RETICULAR FORMATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VELOCITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FIXATION, OCULAR; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PONS; REACTION TIME; RETICULAR FORMATION; SACCADES; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34547822616     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00308.2007     Document Type: Article

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