Response normalization in the superficial layers of the superior colliculus as a possible mechanism for saccadic averaging

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 7976-7987

  Vokoun, Corinne R ^a   Huang, Xin ^b   Jackson, Meyer B ^b   Basso, Michele A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Global effect; Nonlinear interactions; Saccade direction; Voltage imaging; Weighted summation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

GLOBAL EFFECT; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; SACCADE DIRECTION; VOLTAGE IMAGING; WEIGHTED SUMMATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; SACCADES; SUPERIOR COLLICULI;

EID: 84901786167     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3022-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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