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Science 29 September 1967:
Vol. 157. no. 3796, pp. 1588 - 1590
DOI: 10.1126/science.157.3796.1588
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Discharge of Frontal Eye Field Neurons during Eye Movements in Unanesthetized Monkeys

Emilio Bizzi 1

1 Laboratory of Clinical Science, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Single unit activity was recorded from the frontal eye fields (area 8) in unanesthetized monkeys seated in a primate chair with the head restrained. The frontal eye field units were identified by antidromic response to stimulation of the cerebral peduncle. The findings indicate that most of the neurons discharge only after initiation of eye movements. These cells showed steady discharge when the eyes were immobile and oriented in a specific direction.


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