Macaque pontine omnipause neurons play no direct role in the generation of eye blinks

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2255-2274

  Schultz, K P ^a   Williams, C R ^a   Busettini, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTION; MACACA; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OMNIPAUSE NEURON; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLINKING; EYELIDS; MACACA MULATTA; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONS; PONS; SACCADES;

EID: 77951249886     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01150.2009     Document Type: Article

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