In unrestrained animals of many species, electrical stimulation at sites in the superior colliculus evokes motions of the head and eyes. Collicular stimulation in monkeys whose heads are rigidly fixed is known to elicit a saccade whose characteristics depend on the site stimulated and are largely in
Smooth eye movements evoked by electrical stimulation of the cat's superior colliculus
✍ Scribed by M. Missal; P. Lefèvre; A. Delinte; M. Crommelinck; A. Roucoux
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 955 KB
- Volume
- 107
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-4819
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