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SUBMITTER: Binda P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5579308 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Binda Paola P Straßer Torsten T Stingl Krunoslav K Richter Paul P Peters Tobias T Wilhelm Helmut H Wilhelm Barbara B Kelbsch Carina C
Scientific reports 20170831 1
Covertly shifting attention to a brighter or darker image (without moving one's eyes) is sufficient to evoke pupillary constriction or dilation, respectively. One possibility is that this attentional modulation involves the pupillary light response pathway, which pivots around the olivary pretectal nucleus. We investigate this possibility by studying patients with Parinaud's syndrome, where the normal pupillary light response is strongly impaired due to lesions in the pretectal area. Four patien ...[more]