Response properties of fixation neurons and their location in the frontal eye field in the monkey

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2410-2422

  Izawa, Yoshiko ^a   Suzuki, Hisao ^a   Shinoda, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FRONTAL EYE FIELD; MALE; MEMORY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL FIELD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; FRONTAL LOBE; MACACA; MALE; MEMORY; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SACCADES;

EID: 70350331881     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00234.2009     Document Type: Article

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