Signals conveyed in the pulvinar pathway from superior colliculus to cortical area MT

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 373-384

  Berman, Rebecca A ^a   Wurtz, Robert H ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; MACACA; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; FIXATION, OCULAR; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PULVINAR; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 78651470542     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4738-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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