Triggering mechanisms in microsaccade and saccade generation: A novel proposal

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1233, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-116

  Otero Millan, Jorge ^a,b   Macknik, Stephen L ^a   Serra, Alessandro ^c,d   Leigh, R John ^c,d   Martinez Conde, Susana ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst generator; Burst neurons; Eye movements; Fixational eye movements; Omnipause; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 80053218557     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06177.x     Document Type: Article

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