Laminar Specific Distribution of Lateral Excitatory Connections in the Rat Superior Colliculus
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Laminar specific distribution of lateral excitatory connections in the rat superior colliculus.
Premovement activities in neurons in the intermediate gray layer [stratum griseum intermediale (SGI)] of the mammalian superior colliculus (SC) are essential for initiation of orienting behaviors such as saccades. Our previous study demonstrated that burst activities are induced by synchronous activation of SGI neurons communicating within a local excitatory network, which depends on NMDA-recep...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurophysiology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0022-3077,1522-1598
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00033.2004