Cortical connections of area V6Av in the Macaque: A visual-input node to the eye/hand coordination system

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1790-1801

  Passarelli, Lauretta ^a   Rosa, Marcello G P ^b,c   Gamberini, Michela ^a   Bakola, Sophia ^a   Burman, Kathleen J ^b   Fattori, Patrizia ^a   Galletti, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FRONTAL LOBE; INJECTION SITE; MACACA; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PERIPHERAL VISION; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE; FRONTAL LOBE; HAND; MACACA; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79551514367     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4784-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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