Effect of reversible inactivation of superior colliculus on head movements

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2479-2495

  Walton, Mark M G ^a,e   Bechara, Bernard ^b,c   Gandhi, Neeraj J ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; HEAD MOVEMENT; KINEMATICS; MONKEY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; EYE FIXATION; MACACA; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FIXATION, OCULAR; GABA AGONISTS; HEAD MOVEMENTS; LIDOCAINE; MACACA MULATTA; MUSCIMOL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SUPERIOR COLLICULI;

EID: 47549118676     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01112.2007     Document Type: Article

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