Saccadic eye movements evoked by optogenetic activation of primate V1 (original) (raw)
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Optogenetics has advanced our understanding of the neural basis of simple behaviors in rodents and small animals. In primates, however, for which more sophisticated behavioral assays exist, optogenetic manipulations of behavior have been unsuccessful. We found that monkeys reliably shifted their gaze toward the receptive field of optically driven channelrhodopsin-2–expressing neurons of the primary visual cortex. This result establishes optogenetics as a viable tool for the causal analysis of behavior in primate brain.
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We would like to thank K. Deisseroth and M. Shadlen for sharing resources, F. Robinson, J. Garlid, E. Grover, J. Huang, D. Possin and L. Tait for technical assistance, and C. Fetch and C. Hass for help with the experiments. This work was supported by The McKnight Foundation and research grants EY001730, EY018849 and RR000166 from the US National Institutes of Health.
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Mehrdad Jazayeri - Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Washington National Primate Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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M.J., Z.L.-B. and G.D.H. conducted the experiments and analyzed the data. M.J. and G.D.H. wrote the manuscript.
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Jazayeri, M., Lindbloom-Brown, Z. & Horwitz, G. Saccadic eye movements evoked by optogenetic activation of primate V1.Nat Neurosci 15, 1368–1370 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3210
- Received: 11 June 2012
- Accepted: 08 August 2012
- Published: 02 September 2012
- Issue Date: October 2012
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3210