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Science 8 January 1971:
Vol. 171. no. 3966, pp. 82 - 84
DOI: 10.1126/science.171.3966.82
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Superior Colliculus Cell Responses Related to Eye Movements in Awake Monkeys

Robert H. Wurtz 1 and Michael E. Goldberg 1

1 Laboratory of Neurobiology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014

Single cell responses were recorded from the superior colliculus of awake monkeys trained to move their eyes. A class of cells that discharged before eye movements was found in the intermediate and deep layers of the colliculus. The response of the cells was most vigorous before saccadic eye movements within a particular range of directions. These cells had no visual receptive fields, and visually guided eye movements were not necessary for their discharge, since they responded in total darkness before spontaneous eye movements and vestibular nystagmus.


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