Investigation of the dorsolateral basilar pontine grey of the alert monkey.
The dorsolateral basilar pontine grey is assumed to play an essential role in a cortico-ponto-cerebello-pontine pathway subserving smooth-pursuit eye movements. The dorsolateral basilar pontine grey interconnects those cerebral and cerebellar cortical areas known to be involved in the generation of smooth-pursuit eye movements. In the present study three categories of neurons presumably contributing to smooth pursuit eye movements were recorded: visual-only neurons, visual-tracking neurons, and neurons combining both properties. Preference for directions of visual stimulation could be either iso- or antidirectional.
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Department of Neurology, University of Tübingen, FRG.
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D000818:Animals; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000502:physiology; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005133:Eye Movements; D005260:Female; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D011149:Pons / Q000502:physiology*; D011698:Pursuit, Smooth; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology