Macaque dorsolateral prefrontal cortex does not suppress saccade-related activity in the superior colliculus

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1373-1388

  Johnston, Kevin ^a,b   Koval, Michael J ^a,b   Lomber, Stephen G ^a,b,c   Everling, Stefan ^a,b,c  

^a Brain and Mind Institute   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

antisaccade; cortical deactivation; inhibitory control; prefrontal cortex; superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ELECTRODE; HEMISPHERE; LATENT PERIOD; MACACA; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; STIMULUS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CRYOSURGERY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RHESUS MONKEY; SENSORY NERVE; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84898857536     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs424     Document Type: Article

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