title: Disjunctive eye movement evoked by microstimulation in an extrastriate cortical area of the cat.
abstract: Slow disjunctive eye movement similar to ocular convergence was evoked by microstimulation in parts of the lateral suprasylvian area (LSA) in alert cats. A tungsten-in-glass microelectrode was used for stimulation, and eye movement was monitored using the magnetic search coil method. The velocity-versus-amplitude relationship of disjunctive eye movement evoked by microstimulation was comparable to that of ocular convergence evoked by presenting a visual target. It is suggested that the LSA plays a role in controlling convergence eye movement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshizawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bando
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology*; D007839:Functional Laterality; D008839:Microelectrodes; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology*