Threshold mechanism for saccade initiation in frontal eye field and superior colliculus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2767-2780

  Jantz, Jay J ^a   Watanabe, Masayuki ^a   Everling, Stefan ^c   Munoz, Douglas P ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antisaccade; Inhibition; Motoneuron; Prosaccade; Visuomotor neuron

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; EYE POSITION; FRONTAL EYE FIELD; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RHESUS MONKEY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SCLERAL SEARCH COIL TECHNIQUE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FRONTAL LOBE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; FRONTAL LOBE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SACCADES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SUPERIOR COLLICULI;

EID: 84878662187     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00611.2012     Document Type: Article

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