Visual response properties of neurons in cortical areas MT and MST projecting to the dorsolateral pontine nucleus or the nucleus of the optic tract in macaque monkeys

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 411-423

  Hoffmann, K P ^a   Bremmer, F ^a,b   Distler, C ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antidromic identification; DLPN; NOT DTN; Oculomotor system; Optokinetic; Smooth pursuit

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CEREBELLUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; PONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 58449112707     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06585.x     Document Type: Article

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