Representation of horizontal head-on-body position in the primate superior colliculus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 858-874

  Nagy, Benjamin ^a   Corneil, Brian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; EYE POSITION; HEAD POSITION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VARIANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ANIMALS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; HEAD; HEAD MOVEMENTS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NERVE NET; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; SUPERIOR COLLICULI;

EID: 76649096306     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00099.2009     Document Type: Article

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