Inactivation of primate superior colliculus biases target choice for smooth pursuit, saccades, and button press responses

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1538-1548

  Nummela, Samuel U ^a,b   Krauzlis, Richard J ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; STIMULUS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULI;

EID: 77957204861     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00406.2010     Document Type: Article

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