Superior colliculus and visual spatial attention

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 165-182

  Krauzlis, Richard J ^a,b   Lovejoy, Lee P ^c   Zénon, Alexandre ^d  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Eye movement; Neglect; Perception; Pursuit; Saccade; Selection

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PONTINE NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SPATIAL ATTENTION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; HUMANS; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84880273589     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: 15454126     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-neuro-062012-170249     Document Type: Review

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