Coordination of eye and head components of movements evoked by stimulation of the paramedian pontine reticular formation

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-47

  Gandhi, Neeraj J ^a,b,c   Barton, Ellen J ^a   Sparks, David L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaze shifts; Head movements; PPRF; Saccade; Spinal cord; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HEAD MOVEMENT; MONKEY; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; VELOCITY; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEAD MOVEMENTS; MACACA MULATTA; MOTOR NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETICULAR FORMATION;

EID: 46649089907     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1401-1     Document Type: Article

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