Short-term saccadic adaptation in the macaque monkey: A binocular mechanism

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 518-545

  Schultz, K P ^a   Busettini, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Disparity; Saccade; Strabismus; Vergence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BINOCULAR VISION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAZE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; MACACA MULATTA; SACCADES; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 84872398488     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01013.2011     Document Type: Article

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