Corollary discharge provides accurate eye position information to the oculomotor system.
The saccadic system accurately compensates for perturbations of eye position produced by microstimulation of the superior colliculus. This requires that information about the stimulation-induced change in eye position be provided by an extraretinal source--either proprioceptive endings in extraocular muscles or a centrally generated corollary discharge. It is shown that compensation remains intact after elimination of extraocular muscle proprioception, demonstrating that corollary discharge provides accurate eye position information.
D000818:Animals; D005133:Eye Movements; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011434:Proprioception; D012438:Saccades; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000502:physiology*