Cerebellar influence in oculomotor phase-transition behavior.
The cerebellum plays an important role in predicting and producing regularly timed motor responses. In the present report, we examined the performance of SCA6 cerebellar patients and normal controls in a simple saccade tracking task. Our results imply that the cerebellum plays a role in maintaining predictive motor behavior once it has been established.
Joiner
Wilsaan M
WM
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 720 Rutland Avenue, 606 Taylor Building, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. wjoiner@bme.jhu.edu
Shelhamer
Mark
M
Ying
Sarah H
SH
D002531:Cerebellum / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009039:Motion Perception; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011930:Reaction Time; D012016:Reference Values; D012438:Saccades; D020754:Spinocerebellar Ataxias / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018911:Trinucleotide Repeats