A test of spatial temporal decoding mechanisms in the superior colliculus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2442-2452

  Katnani, Husam A ^a   van Opstal, A J ^c   Gandhi, Neeraj J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Microstimulation; Spatiotemporal; Vector averaging; Vector summation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SPATIAL SUMMATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860534453     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00992.2011     Document Type: Article

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