Intrinsic reference frames of superior colliculus visuomotor receptive fields during head-unrestrained gaze shifts

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 50, 2011, Pages 18313-18326

  DeSouza, Joseph F X ^a,b,c   Keith, Gerald P ^a,b   Yan, Xiaogang ^a   Blohm, Gunnar ^c,d   Wang, Hongying ^a   Crawford, J Douglas ^a,b,c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GAZE; HEAD POSITION; MACACA MULATTA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TORSION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; SACCADES; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 83455179189     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0990-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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