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Title
  • en Activity of Pursuit-Related Neurons in Medial Superior Temporal Area (MST) during Static Roll-Tilt
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  • en This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Cerebral Cortex following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Cereb. Cortex (2011) 21 (1): 155-165 is available online at: http://cercor.oxfordjournals.org/content/21/1/155
Subject
  • Other en coordinate
  • Other en monkey
  • Other en MST
  • Other en optic flow
  • Other en preferred direction
  • Other en resting rate
  • Other en smooth pursuit
  • Other en static roll-tilt
  • NDC 491
Description
  • Abstract en Recent studies have shown that rhesus macaques can perceive visual motion-direction in earth-centered coordinates as accurately as humans. We tested whether coordinate frames representing smooth-pursuit and/or visual motion signals in MST are earth-centered to better understand its role in coordinating smooth-pursuit eye movements. In 2 Japanese macaques, we compared preferred directions (re monkeys' head/trunk axis) of pursuit and/or visual motion responses of MSTd neurons while upright and during static whole-body roll-tilt. In the majority (41/51 = 80%) of neurons tested, preferred directions of pursuit and/or visual motion responses were similar while upright and during 40° static roll-tilt. Preferred directions of the remaining 20% of neurons (n = 10) were shifted beyond the range expected from ocular counter-rolling; the maximum shift was 14° and the mean shift was 12°. These shifts, however, were still less than half of the expected shift if MST signals are coded in the earth-centered coordinates. Virtually, all tested neurons (44/46 = 96%) failed to exhibit a significant difference between resting discharge rate while upright and during static roll-tilt while fixating a stationary spot. These results suggest that smooth-pursuit and/or visual motion signals of MST neurons are not coded in the earth-centered coordinates We suggest that these signals are coded in the head-centered coordinate.
Publisher en Oxford University Press
Date
    Issued2011-01
Language
  • eng
Resource Type journal article
Version Type AM
Identifier HDL http://hdl.handle.net/2115/47943
Relation
  • isVersionOf DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhq072
Journal
    • PISSN 1047-3211
      • en Cerebral Cortex
      • Volume Number21 Issue Number1 Page Start155 Page End165
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