Dual encoding of muscle tension and eye position by abducens motoneurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2271-2279

  Davis López De Carrizosa, María A ^a   Morado Díaz, Camilo J ^a   Miller, Joel M ^b   De La Cruz, Rosa R ^a   Pastor, Ángel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE POSITION; FEMALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; CATS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE TONUS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79951547446     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5416-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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