Effects of initial eye position on saccades evoked by microstimulation in the primate superior colliculus: Implications for models of the SC read-out process

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JANUARFY 2011, 2011, Pages

  Groh, Jennifer M ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye position; Monkey; Oculomotor; Pulse step generator; Reference frame; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE POSITION; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; HEAD MOVEMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PROBABILITY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 80052587863     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2010.00130     Document Type: Article

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