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ArticleJournal of neurophysiology2015

Activity in the human superior colliculus relating to endogenous saccade preparation and execution.

Michele Furlan, Andrew T Smith, Robin Walker

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Article in Journal of neurophysiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Ab Initio Binocular Formulation of Listing's Law.Journal of eye movement research · 2026
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  4. From Gaze Perception to Social Cognition: The Shared-Attention System.Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2021
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  5. Spatially Specific Working Memory Activity in the Human Superior Colliculus.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2020
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  8. Autism Pathogenesis: The Superior Colliculus.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2018
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3 authors.

Michele FurlanRoyal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom.
Andrew T SmithRoyal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom.
Robin WalkerRoyal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years a small number of studies have applied functional imaging techniques to investigate visual responses in the human superior colliculus (SC), but few have investigated its oculomotor functions. Here, in two experiments, we examined activity associated with endogenous saccade preparation. We used 3-T fMRI to record the hemodynamic activity in the SC while participants were either preparing or executing saccadic eye movements. Our results showed that not only executing a saccade (as previously shown) but also preparing a saccade produced an increase in the SC hemodynamic activity. The saccade-related activity was observed in the contralateral and to a lesser extent the ipsilateral SC. A second experiment further examined the contralateral mapping of saccade-related activity with a larger range of saccade amplitudes. Increased activity was again observed in both the contralateral and ipsilateral SC that was evident for large as well as small saccades. This suggests that the ipsilateral component of the increase in BOLD is not due simply to small-amplitude saccades producing bilateral activity in the foveal fixation zone. These studies provide the first evidence of presaccadic preparatory activity in the human SC and reveal that fMRI can detect activity consistent with that of buildup neurons found in the deeper layers of the SC in studies of nonhuman primates.

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Anticipation, PsychologicalBrain MappingCerebrovascular CirculationEye Movement MeasurementsFemaleFunctional LateralityHumansInhibition, PsychologicalMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNeuropsychological TestsOxygenPhotic StimulationPsychomotor PerformanceSaccadesSuperior ColliculiOxygenfMRIhumanpresaccade activitysaccade amplitudesuperior colliculus

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PMID26041830
PMCPMC4725108

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