Visual response of neurons in the lateral intraparietal area and saccadic reaction time during a visual detection task

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 942-956

  Tanaka, Tomohiro ^a   Nishida, Satoshi ^a   Aso, Toshihiko ^a   Ogawa, Tadashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Primate; Response onset latency; Saccadic reaction time; Stimulus intensity; Visual salience

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LATENT PERIOD; LATERAL INTRAPARIETAL AREA; LIGHT INTENSITY; LUMINANCE; MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; LIGHT; MACACA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONS; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84875365889     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12100     Document Type: Article

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