On the importance of the transient visual response in the superior colliculus

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 544-551

  Boehnke, Susan E ^a,b   Munoz, Douglas P ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; GAZE; HUMAN; MESENCEPHALON; NECK MUSCLE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION;

ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULI;

EID: 67349274407     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2008.11.004     Document Type: Review

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