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The Journal of Neuroscience, January 1, 2000, 20(1):387-400
Neuronal Correlates for Preparatory Set Associated with
Pro-Saccades and Anti-Saccades in the Primate Frontal Eye Field
Stefan
Everling and
Douglas P.
Munoz
Medical Research Council Group in Sensory-Motor Neuroscience,
Department of Physiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L
3N6, Canada
Diversity in behavioral responses to sensory stimuli has been
attributed to variations in preparatory set. Variability in oculomotor
responses toward identical visual stimuli has been well documented, but
the neuronal processes underlying this variability are poorly
understood. Here, we report evidence for set-related activity for
saccadic eye movements in single neurons in the frontal eye field (FEF)
in monkeys trained on a task in which they either had to look toward a
visual stimulus (pro-saccade) or away from the stimulus (anti-saccade)
depending on a previous instruction. A portion of FEF neurons were
identified as neurons projecting directly to the superior colliculus
(SC) with antidromic activation techniques. Saccade-related neurons in
the FEF had lower prestimulus and stimulus-related activity on
anti-saccade trials compared with pro-saccade trials. The level of
prestimulus activity correlated with saccadic reaction times, express
saccade occurrence, and errors in the anti-saccade task. In addition,
saccade-related activity in the FEF was higher for pro-saccades than
for anti-saccades. These results demonstrate that the direct descending
pathway from the FEF to the SC carries preparatory set-related activity
for pro-saccades and anti-saccades. The results also provide insights into the neuronal basis of variations in saccadic reaction times and in
the control of the prepotent response to glance to a flashed stimulus.
Key words:
frontal eye field; eye movement; anti-saccade; motor
preparation; saccade; frontal lobe; superior colliculus; monkey
Copyright © 2000 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/0/201387-14$05.00/0
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