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7379887

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-8-25
pubmed:abstractText
Electrical stimulation of the superior colliculus (SC) in alert cats free to move their head, evoked coordinate eye and head movements. The characteristics of these movements as well as their mode of coordination differed according to the collicular region being explored. Three zones were distinguished. In the anterior zone, evoked eye saccades were retinotopic and the accompanying head movements were slow and small in amplitude. The vestibular slow phase velocity signal was continuously added to the eye saccadic command so that the evoked gaze shift was identical, with the head fixed or free. In the intermediate zone, evoked eye saccades were goal-directed and the synchronous head movements fast and of large amplitude. The vestibular slow phase signal was cancelled during the eye saccade so that the evoked gaze shift was the result of the eye plus head angular displacement. In the posterior zone, the evoked head movements were goal-directed. The pattern of eye movements was similar to a vestibular nystagmus. This zone probably directly commands body orienting movements. A model of SC function in gaze orienting behavior is proposed, calling upon at least two different modes of eye-head coordination.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0014-4819
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
75-85
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Stimulation of the superior colliculus in the alert cat. II. Eye and head movements evoked when the head is unrestrained.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article