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  • Title: Movement fields of saccade-related burst neurons in the monkey superior colliculus.
    Author: Sparks DL, Mays LE.
    Journal: Brain Res; 1980 May 19; 190(1):39-50. PubMed ID: 6769538.
    Abstract:
    The presaccadic burst of superior colliculus (SC) neurons was examined in detail to determine whether or not information concerning the vector components (amplitude and direction) of a saccade is contained within the burst. Results indicate that the pattern of spike activity originating from a single saccade-related burst neuron in the SC does not encode saccade direction or amplitude. Identical discharges may precede a wide range of saccades. Neither the magnitude, configuration nor timing of the discharge are related in any unique way to the duration of the saccade alone or the amplitude of the saccade alone. Furthermore, it is unlikely that information concerning saccade amplitude or direction is encoded by different types of signals originating from different SC neurons. For different neurons, there is no consistent relationship between the parameters of the burst and the optimal saccade amplitude or direction. It is suggested that the discharge of saccade-related burst neurons of the SC serves as a trigger input to pontine circuitry generating the required saccadic burst signals. Information concerning saccade direction and amplitude is not contained within the trigger signal, but must be extracted from the spatial distribution of SC activity.
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