title: Effect of blinks on saccades before smooth-pursuit eye-movement initiation.
abstract: The effect of blinks on the saccade frequency before the onset of step ramp smooth pursuit was assessed in healthy controls. Blinks elicited before smooth pursuit onset suppressed saccades in contrast to a control and a gap paradigm. The source of blink associated suppression of saccades remains unclear but is probably not caused by visual signals or the omnipause neurons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Luebeck, Germany. Holger.Rambold@neuro.uni-luebeck.de
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rambold
authors.forename: Ieman
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: El Baz
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Helmchen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001767:Blinking / Q000502:physiology*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D011698:Pursuit, Smooth / Q000502:physiology*; D012016:Reference Values; D012438:Saccades / Q000502:physiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity