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Control of the gain of visual-motor transmission occurs in visual coordinates for smooth pursuit eye movements.

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Lee, J; Yang, J; Lisberger, SG
Published in: J Neurosci
May 29, 2013

Sensory inputs control motor behavior with a strength, or gain, that can be modulated according to the movement conditions. In smooth pursuit eye movements, the response to a brief perturbation of target motion is larger during pursuit of a moving target than during fixation of a stationary target. As a step toward identifying the locus and mechanism of gain modulation, we test whether it acts on signals that are in visual or motor coordinates. Monkeys tracked targets that moved at 15°/s in one of eight directions, including left, right, up, down, and the four oblique directions. In eight-ninths of the trials, the target underwent a brief perturbation that consisted of a single cycle of a 10 Hz sine wave of amplitude ±5°/s in one of the same eight directions. Even for oblique directions of baseline target motion, the magnitude of the eye velocity response to the perturbation was largest for a perturbation near the axis of target motion and smallest for a perturbation along the orthogonal axis. Computational modeling reveals that our data are reproduced when the strength of visual-motor transmission is modulated in sensory coordinates, and there is a static motor bias that favors horizontal eye movements. A network model shows how the output from the smooth eye movement region of the frontal eye fields (FEF(SEM)) could implement gain control by shifting the peak of a visual population response along the axes of preferred image speed and direction.

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J Neurosci

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1529-2401

Publication Date

May 29, 2013

Volume

33

Issue

22

Start / End Page

9420 / 9430

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Visual Perception
  • Visual Pathways
  • Synaptic Transmission
  • Retina
  • Pursuit, Smooth
  • Psychomotor Performance
  • Photic Stimulation
  • Parietal Lobe
  • Normal Distribution
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
 

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Lee, J., Yang, J., & Lisberger, S. G. (2013). Control of the gain of visual-motor transmission occurs in visual coordinates for smooth pursuit eye movements. J Neurosci, 33(22), 9420–9430. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4846-12.2013
Lee, Joonyeol, Jin Yang, and Stephen G. Lisberger. “Control of the gain of visual-motor transmission occurs in visual coordinates for smooth pursuit eye movements.J Neurosci 33, no. 22 (May 29, 2013): 9420–30. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4846-12.2013.
Lee, Joonyeol, et al. “Control of the gain of visual-motor transmission occurs in visual coordinates for smooth pursuit eye movements.J Neurosci, vol. 33, no. 22, May 2013, pp. 9420–30. Pubmed, doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4846-12.2013.

Published In

J Neurosci

DOI

EISSN

1529-2401

Publication Date

May 29, 2013

Volume

33

Issue

22

Start / End Page

9420 / 9430

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Visual Perception
  • Visual Pathways
  • Synaptic Transmission
  • Retina
  • Pursuit, Smooth
  • Psychomotor Performance
  • Photic Stimulation
  • Parietal Lobe
  • Normal Distribution
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery