Role of the rostral superior colliculus in gaze anchoring during reach movements

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3153-3166

  Reyes Puerta, Vicente ^a   Philipp, Roland ^a   Lindner, Werner ^a   Hoffmann, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MONKEY; EYE FIXATION; EYE HAND COORDINATION; GAZE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FIXATION, OCULAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 77953490132     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00989.2009     Document Type: Article

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