title: Excitability changes in cat lateral geniculate cells during saccadic eye movements.
abstract: The excitability of lateral geniculate cells to orthodromic volleys decreased during saccadic eye movements. This decrease was caused by retinal impulses generated by a quick displacement of the image of the visual field associated with eye movements. This may be a mechanism for saccadic suppression.
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002415:Cats; D003624:Darkness; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004585:Electrooculography; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005133:Eye Movements; D005829:Geniculate Bodies / Q000502:physiology*; D008027:Light; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000502:physiology; D012160:Retina / Q000502:physiology; D014794:Visual Fields; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000502:physiology