Anatomical organization of the eye fields in the human and non-human primate frontal cortex

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 220-230

  Amiez, Céline ^a   Petrides, Michael ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cingulate eye field; Electrophysiology; Frontal eye field; Human; Monkey; Neuroimaging; Supplementary eye field

Indexed keywords

CINGULATE GYRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MACACA; MONKEY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EYE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; PRIMATES; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 70249083337     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2009.07.010     Document Type: Review

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