Linear visuomotor transformations in midbrain superior colliculus control saccadic eye-movements

Journal of Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-301

  Van Der Willigen, R F ^a   Goossens, H H L M ^a   Van Opstal, A J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

linearity; main sequence; models; monkey; nonlinearity; optimal control; population coding; Saccades; superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; KINEMATICS; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULI;

EID: 80053390639     PISSN: 02196352     EISSN: 1757448X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219635211002750     Document Type: Article

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