Control from below: The role of a midbrain network in spatial attention

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1961-1972

  Knudsen, Eric I ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Optic tectum; Stimulus selection; Superior colliculus; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FOREBRAIN; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GAZE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 79957655913     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07696.x     Document Type: Article

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