Prefrontal cortex deactivation in macaques alters activity in the superior colliculus and impairs voluntary control of saccades

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 8659-8668

  Koval, Michael J ^a   Lomber, Stephen G ^a   Everling, Stefan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAZE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULI;

EID: 79958254176     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1258-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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