title: Conceptual issues related to the role of the superior colliculus in the control of gaze.
abstract: Various conceptual issues have been brought into focus by recent experiments studying the role of the superior colliculus in the control of coordinated movements of the eyes and head, the interaction of saccadic and vergence movements, and cognitive processes influencing the initiation and execution of saccades.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, 77030, USA. sparks@saccade.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Sparks
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D005403:Fixation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000502:physiology*