Modulation of presaccadic activity in the frontal eye field by the superior colliculus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2934-2942

  Berman, Rebecca A ^a   Joiner, Wilsaan M ^a   Cavanaugh, James ^a   Wurtz, Robert H ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MONKEY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; LIDOCAINE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 66349097843     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00053.2009     Document Type: Article

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