Spatial interactions in the superior colliculus predict saccade behavior in a neural field model

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 315-336

  Marino, Robert A ^a   Trappenberg, Thomas P ^b   Dorris, Michael ^a   Munoz, Douglas P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; EXPERIMENTAL MONKEY; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SIMULATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84555195025     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00139     Document Type: Article

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