Activity of neurons in the lateral intraparietal area of the monkey during an antisaccade task.

@article{citeulike:90448, abstract = {The close relationship between saccadic eye movements and vision complicates the identification of neural responses associated with each function. Visual and saccade-related responses are especially closely intertwined in a subdivision of posterior parietal cortex, the lateral parietal area (LIP). We analyzed LIP neurons using an antisaccade task in which monkeys made saccades away from a salient visual cue. The vast majority of neurons reliably signaled the location of the visual cue. In contrast, most neurons had only weak, if any, saccade-related activity independent of visual stimulation. Thus, whereas the great majority of LIP neurons reliably encoded cue location, only a small minority encoded the direction of the upcoming saccade.}, address = {Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. jg@lsr.nei.nih.gov}, author = {Gottlieb, J. and Goldberg, M. E. }, citeulike-article-id = {90448}, doi = {10.1038/13209}, issn = {1097-6256}, journal = {Nat Neurosci}, keywords = {antisaccade, lip, monkey, neurophysiology, salience}, month = {October}, number = {10}, pages = {906--912}, posted-at = {2005-02-08 22:15:13}, priority = {2}, title = {Activity of neurons in the lateral intraparietal area of the monkey during an antisaccade task.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/13209}, volume = {2}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:90448 L3 - citeulike-article-id:90448 TI - Activity of neurons in the lateral intraparietal area of the monkey during an antisaccade task. JF - Nat Neurosci VL - 2 IS - 10 SP - 906 EP - 912 AD - Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. jg@lsr.nei.nih.gov SN - 1097-6256 N2 - The close relationship between saccadic eye movements and vision complicates the identification of neural responses associated with each function. Visual and saccade-related responses are especially closely intertwined in a subdivision of posterior parietal cortex, the lateral parietal area (LIP). We analyzed LIP neurons using an antisaccade task in which monkeys made saccades away from a salient visual cue. The vast majority of neurons reliably signaled the location of the visual cue. In contrast, most neurons had only weak, if any, saccade-related activity independent of visual stimulation. Thus, whereas the great majority of LIP neurons reliably encoded cue location, only a small minority encoded the direction of the upcoming saccade. KW - antisaccade KW - lip KW - monkey KW - neurophysiology KW - salience AU - Gottlieb, J AU - Goldberg, ME PY - 1999/10// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/13209 ER -