Reversible inactivation of pSTS suppresses social gaze following in the macaque (Macaca mulatta)

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 209-217

  Roy, Arani ^a,b   Shepherd, Stephen V ^a,c   Platt, Michael L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Face selective neurons; Gaze following; Joint attention; Superior temporal sulcus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; DRUG EFFECT; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE; FACE-SELECTIVE NEURONS; GAZE FOLLOWING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; JOINT ATTENTION; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REWARD; RHESUS MONKEY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION;

AUTISM; FACE-SELECTIVE NEURONS; GAZE FOLLOWING; JOINT ATTENTION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; MACACA MULATTA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MUSCIMOL; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REWARD; SACCADES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84893404231     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss123     Document Type: Article

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