A distinct contribution of the frontal eye field to the visual representation of saccadic targets

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3687-3698

  Noudoost, Behrad ^a   Clark, Kelsey L ^a   Moore, Tirin ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrastriate cortex; Eye movements; Motor command; Prefrontal cortex; Top down control; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; EYE POSITION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; VISUAL AREA V4; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EXTRASTRIATE CORTEX; EYE MOVEMENTS; MOTOR COMMAND; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; VISUAL ATTENTION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SACCADES; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84895505910     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3824-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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