title: Superior colliculus cell types and models of saccade generation.
abstract: Recent experiments on the cat and monkey have revealed several different cell types within the superior colliculus, including fixation, burst, and build up cells. During primate saccades, activity remains fixed at one location in burst cells, but spreads across the colliculus in build up cells. New models based on the activity of these cell types suggest their functional roles in saccade generation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, National Eye Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4435, USA.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Wurtz
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Optican
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D005246:Feedback; D005403:Fixation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D000882:Haplorhini; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D012438:Saccades / Q000502:physiology*; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000502:physiology*