Effect of ibotenic acid lesions of the omnipause neurons on saccadic eye movements in rhesus macaques

• Published in: Journal of neurophysiology Vol. 75; no. 6; p. 2229
• Main Author: Kaneko, C R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.1996
• Subjects: Animals; Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists - toxicity; Feedback - physiology; Fixation, Ocular - physiology; Ibotenic Acid - toxicity; Macaca mulatta; Models, Neurological; Neurons - physiology; Oculomotor Muscles - innervation; Oculomotor Muscles - physiology; Pons - cytology; Pons - physiology; Saccades - physiology

1. Although much is known about the neurons that control saccadic eye movements, the precise manner in which they interact is still uncertain. To test the validity of competing models of the pontine saccade generator, neurotoxic lesions were made in the nucleus raphe interpositus (rip), which contai...