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Fixed-vector saccades evoked by electrical stimulation may result from the elicitation of a retinal error signal directing the eyes toward a goal, or from the elicitation of a motor error signal determining the vector itself. Theoretically, the two mechanisms can be differentiated by delivering the stimulation while the eyes are already in motion (colliding saccade paradigm), thereby changing the eye position from which the evoked saccade starts. Only in the first case is the trajectory of the evoked saccade expected to be modified to compensate for part of the ongoing eye movement. An attempt was made to distinguish retinal vs. motor error mechanisms by applying the colliding saccade paradigm of stimulation to 29 sites throughout the superior colliculus (SC) of two trained monkeys. Compensatory evoked saccades, as predicted by the retinal error hypothesis, were obtained consistently in the superficial layers and at deeper sites where visual unit responses could be recorded. Conversely, in deep layers where only presaccadic activity was found, evoked saccades either were not affected by collision or summed their vectors with that of the ongoing movement. These last observations are both consistent with the hypothesis that the signal produced from deep sites was an initial motor error. A second observation was incidentally made: when stimulation was applied to the most superficial SC region, it definitively erased the goal of the ongoing saccade, and the latter did not resume its interrupted course. The colliding saccade paradigm may be useful in clarifying the role of structures involved in oculomotor function.
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Schlag-Rey, M., Schlag, J. & Shook, B. Interactions between natural and electrically evoked saccades.Exp Brain Res 76, 537–547 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00248910
- Received: 19 August 1988
- Accepted: 13 February 1989
- Issue Date: August 1989
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00248910