Linear ensemble-coding in midbrain superior colliculus specifies the saccade kinematics

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 561-577

  Van Opstal, A J ^a,b   Goossens, H H L M ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Main sequence; Monkey; Nonlinearity; Population coding; Saccades; Spatial accuracy

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; GENE ENCODING; KINEMATICS; NEURONS;

MONKEYS; POPULATION CODING;

MAMMALS;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CYTOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TIME; VISUAL FIELD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDBACK; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 43949146901     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-008-0219-z     Document Type: Article

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