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Serial linkage of target selection for orienting and tracking eye movements.

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Gardner, JL; Lisberger, SG
Published in: Nat Neurosci
September 2002

Many natural actions require the coordination of two different kinds of movements. How are targets chosen under these circumstances: do central commands instruct different movement systems in parallel, or does the execution of one movement activate a serial chain that automatically chooses targets for the other movement? We examined a natural eye tracking action that consists of orienting saccades and tracking smooth pursuit eye movements, and found strong physiological evidence for a serial strategy. Monkeys chose freely between two identical spots that appeared at different sites in the visual field and moved in orthogonal directions. If a saccade was evoked to one of the moving targets by microstimulation in either the frontal eye field (FEF) or the superior colliculus (SC), then the same target was automatically chosen for pursuit. Our results imply that the neural signals responsible for saccade execution can also act as an internal command of target choice for other movement systems.

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Nat Neurosci

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1097-6256

Publication Date

September 2002

Volume

5

Issue

9

Start / End Page

892 / 899

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United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Visual Pathways
  • Visual Fields
  • Superior Colliculi
  • Saccades
  • Reaction Time
  • Pursuit, Smooth
  • Photic Stimulation
  • Orientation
  • Neurons
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
 

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Gardner, J. L., & Lisberger, S. G. (2002). Serial linkage of target selection for orienting and tracking eye movements. Nat Neurosci, 5(9), 892–899. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn897
Gardner, Justin L., and Stephen G. Lisberger. “Serial linkage of target selection for orienting and tracking eye movements.Nat Neurosci 5, no. 9 (September 2002): 892–99. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn897.
Gardner JL, Lisberger SG. Serial linkage of target selection for orienting and tracking eye movements. Nat Neurosci. 2002 Sep;5(9):892–9.
Gardner, Justin L., and Stephen G. Lisberger. “Serial linkage of target selection for orienting and tracking eye movements.Nat Neurosci, vol. 5, no. 9, Sept. 2002, pp. 892–99. Pubmed, doi:10.1038/nn897.
Gardner JL, Lisberger SG. Serial linkage of target selection for orienting and tracking eye movements. Nat Neurosci. 2002 Sep;5(9):892–899.

Published In

Nat Neurosci

DOI

ISSN

1097-6256

Publication Date

September 2002

Volume

5

Issue

9

Start / End Page

892 / 899

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Visual Pathways
  • Visual Fields
  • Superior Colliculi
  • Saccades
  • Reaction Time
  • Pursuit, Smooth
  • Photic Stimulation
  • Orientation
  • Neurons
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery