Humans control saccadic eye movements through specific fronto-collicular brain circuits
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Extensive neuroscientific evidence supports the role of fronto-collicular circuits, involving the frontal eye fields and the superior colliculus, in controlling human and primate saccadic eye movements.
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Effects of Frontal Eye Field and Superior Colliculus Ablations on Eye Movements
1979 · cited by 147
Demonstrates that the frontal eye fields and superior colliculus form parallel pathways that mediate the control of saccadic eye movements.
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FRONTAL EYE FIELD INACTIVATION DIMINISHES SUPERIOR COLLICULUS ACTIVITY, BUT DELAYED SACCADIC ACCUMULATION GOVERNS REACTION TIME INCREASES
2017 · cited by 0
Shows that fronto-collicular interaction, specifically signals from the frontal eye fields governing the superior colliculus, directly influences saccade initiation.