Stabilizing the visual world.
Sensory systems are thought to use an internal copy of motor commands to determine which sensations are caused by the self versus the world. A new paper proves that an identified pathway performs this function for eye movements.
Munoz
Douglas P
DP
Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada. doug_munoz@biomed.queensu.ca
D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology*; D005403:Fixation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009039:Motion Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D009799:Ocular Physiological Phenomena; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000502:physiology; D013788:Thalamus / Q000502:physiology*; D014794:Visual Fields