Eye movements evoked by collicular stimulation in the alert monkey.

نویسنده

  • D A Robinson
چکیده

Electrical stimulation of the superior colliculi of alert, behaving monkeys evoked all-or-nothing saccades whose amplitude and direction were independent of stimulus parametersand depth within the colliculus. They were also independent of initial eye position and werethus not goal-directed. Across the colliculus, the saccades were small (1”) rostrally, large (50”)caudally with up components medially, down components laterally. A map of amplitude anddirection was constructed which agrees with the retinotectal projection and reveals a simplespatial coding in the tectum for ocular orienting reflexes. Temporal interaction with doublestimulation was also investigated. 1808D. A. ROBDIWN R&rm;&--Sur des singes CveillCs et actifs, la stimulation Bectrique du colliculus sup&ieur;provoque des saccades en tout-ou-rien dont l’amplitude et la direction sont independantes desparam&es; du stimulus et de la profondeur dans le collicuhts. Elles sont independantes ausside la position initiale de l’oeil et par consequent ne sont pas dirig&s; vers un but. A travers lecol1iculus, les saccades sont faibles (I”) ou fortes (SO’) selon que l’excitation est rostrale oucaudale, avec des composantes vers le haut ou vets le bas pour des excitations respectivementm&lianes; ou laterales. On construit une carte de l’amplitude et de la direction, en accord avecla projection &inotectale;, ce qui rev&e; un codage spatial simple du toit pour les reflexesoculaires d’orientation. On etudie aussi l’interaction temporelle avec une stimulation double. ZlaPmmeafoasPog-Elektrische Stimulierung der oberen Colliculi von nicht bet;iubten, sichnormal v&al;&mien; &fen; rief Alles-oder-Nichts-Saccaden mit von Reizparametern und Tiefeinnerhalb der Colliculi unabhtigiger Amplitude und Richtung hervor. Sie waren ebenfallsunabh@ig von der anfiinglichen Augenstellung daher nicht zielgerichtet. Die Saccaden warenklein (1“) bei rostraler, grog (SO”)bei caudaler Lage der Reizung im Colliculus; in derMitte tratenaufw&rts;, lateral abwiirts gerichtete Kompouenten auf. Es wurde eine Karte der Amplituden undRichtungen konstruiert, die mit der retinotectalen Projektion iibereinstimmt und eine einfacheKodierung der okularen Orientierungsreflexe offenbart. Zeitliche Wechselwirkung mit Doppel-reixung wurde ebenfalls untersucht. Pe3m~+4reXrprnr~ cr~~ryn~mr~ 3o~b1 ~epxmrx GY~O~KOBer~epoxomr~a y 6onpn-BylonxBx a cBo6o.BBo .nBEfrymBxcn 06e3s4nf Bbt3bma.na caroransmecmre 7rBa3.CanraBH Bo3HBXaJlBno 3axoBy ??ce BJui Bsmero”; Bx axuumrym H AanpaaneHae 6_~e3a~EcBMbrOTrrapabrerpo~ Crn~Yna H rny6EBH norpyxemta B rxarrb 6yroprta. Cax~anbr He3a~~ceJrETBKxe M Itpe~ylorqero 1101Io)xeminma3 B, cfreBoBareJrbIio,Be 6bmti qeneHanCoCm~MmrnaB 6Hna BarIpaBneBa BBepXIrpE MeBBaBbBog-JUrUBB, BBB3--_IIPHna’re-pa~~uoti. CocraBneBa xapra aB4nnmyn H rtanpaaneris@ caxxan, cornacyrontancX czmecrrrog permiore~ra~~~oti npoe~nne%i H 061~3~rnarrnpocroltr%=-V=orBe~XOArna3ozfBBra3wmBbrx~JreKCoB Ba ypoerie noxpbxmiui x403ra. 6_ EccJreAoBaBBrTaK meBpeMegasre B3arrhro~etfctBan,B03mixaro~e np3i ,rt~oiIBogcrrr~fyrunniB.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Vision research

دوره 12 11  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1972