Cortical mechanisms of smooth eye movements revealed by dynamic covariations of neural and behavioral responses.
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SUBMITTER: Schoppik D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2426736 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Apr
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Cortical mechanisms of smooth eye movements revealed by dynamic covariations of neural and behavioral responses.
Schoppik David D Nagel Katherine I KI Lisberger Stephen G SG
Neuron 20080401 2
Neural activity in the frontal eye fields controls smooth pursuit eye movements, but the relationship between single neuron responses, cortical population responses, and eye movements is not well understood. We describe an approach to dynamically link trial-to-trial fluctuations in neural responses to parallel variations in pursuit and demonstrate that individual neurons predict eye velocity fluctuations at particular moments during the course of behavior, while the population of neurons collect ...[more]
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