Coding of microsaccades in three-dimensional space by premotor saccadic neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1974-1980

  van Horn, Marion R ^a   Cullen, Kathleen E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE POSITION; FEMALE; GAZE; MICROSACCADE; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; VISION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MACACA MULATTA; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SACCADES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84856997512     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5054-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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