Context Dependent Effects of Substantia Nigra Stimulation on Eye Movements Running Head: Basal ganglia stimulation and saccades

Acknowledgments: This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health EY13692, and the Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Foundation (MAB). We also acknowledge the support of NCRR P51 RR000167 to the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center. We thank Jacqueline Munch and Jennifer J. Pokorny for their technical support during the initial stages of these experiments, Tiffany J.G. Day for participating in preliminary data analysis and the Parkinson Disease Foundation for funding TFGD’s summer student fellowship. We also thank Jessie Grewal and Shalini Shatadal for histology and our colleagues Xiaobing Li, Byounghoon Kim and Dr. Kae Nakamura for comments on the manuscript. Page 1 of 55 Articles in PresS. J Neurophysiol (March 28, 2007). doi:10.1152/jn.00094.2007