Dynamic characterization of agonist and antagonist oculomotoneurons during conjugate and disconjugate eye movements

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-40

  Van Horn, Marion R ^a   Cullen, Kathleen E ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b McIntyre Medical Research Bldg ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE DOMINANCE; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE POSITION; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DOMINANCE, OCULAR; EYE MOVEMENTS; MACACA MULATTA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 67649580165     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00169.2009     Document Type: Article

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