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Role of the Fastigial Nucleus in Controlling Horizontal Saccades during Adaptation
Author(s) -
SCUDDER CHARLES A.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb07556.x
Subject(s) - saccade , fastigial nucleus , saccadic masking , neuroscience , adaptation (eye) , nucleus , eye movement , monocular , psychology , biology , cerebellum , computer science , artificial intelligence
A bstract : Saccade size was adapted in rhesus monkeys using surgical weakening of the muscles of one eye combined with monocular viewing. Neurons in the caudal fastigial nucleus were recorded during the adaptation. Neuronal discharges changed in a way that could be interpreted as causing the changes in saccade size given our current knowledge of the projections of these neurons to the saccadic burst generator in the brain stem.