The neural basis of smooth-pursuit eye movements

P Thier, UJ Ilg - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2005 - Elsevier
Smooth-pursuit eye movements are used to stabilize the image of a moving object of interest
on the fovea, thus guaranteeing its high-acuity scrutiny. Such movements are based on a …

Visuomotor cerebellum in human and nonhuman primates

J Voogd, CKL Schraa-Tam, JN van der Geest… - The Cerebellum, 2012 - Springer
In this paper, we will review the anatomical components of the visuomotor cerebellum in
human and, where possible, in non-human primates and discuss their function in relation to …

Neurophysiology and neuroanatomy of smooth pursuit in humans

R Lencer, P Trillenberg - Brain and cognition, 2008 - Elsevier
Smooth pursuit eye movements enable us to focus our eyes on moving objects by utilizing
well-established mechanisms of visual motion processing, sensorimotor transformation and …

Cortico-cortical networks and cortico-subcortical loops for the higher control of eye movements

JC Lynch, JR Tian - Progress in brain research, 2006 - Elsevier
There are multiple distinct regions, or eye fields, in the cerebral cortex that contribute directly
to the initiation and control of voluntary eye movements. We concentrate on six of these: the …

Present concepts of oculomotor organization

U Büttner, JA Büttner-Ennever - Progress in brain research, 2006 - Elsevier
This chapter gives an introduction to the oculomotor system, thus providing a framework for
the subsequent chapters. This chapter describes the characteristics, and outlines the …

The neural basis of smooth pursuit eye movements in the rhesus monkey brain

UJ Ilg, P Thier - Brain and cognition, 2008 - Elsevier
Smooth pursuit eye movements are performed in order to prevent retinal image blur of a
moving object. Rhesus monkeys are able to perform smooth pursuit eye movements quite …

Neurophysiology and neuroanatomy of smooth pursuit: lesion studies

JA Sharpe - Brain and cognition, 2008 - Elsevier
Smooth pursuit impairment is recognized clinically by the presence of saccadic tracking of a
small object and quantified by reduction in pursuit gain, the ratio of smooth eye movement …

Comparing acceleration and speed tuning in macaque MT: physiology and modeling

NSC Price, S Ono, MJ Mustari… - Journal of …, 2005 - journals.physiology.org
Studies of individual neurons in area MT have traditionally investigated their sensitivity to
constant speeds. We investigated acceleration sensitivity in MT neurons by comparing their …

Smooth pursuit eye movements and optokinetic nystagmus

U Büttner, O Kremmyda - Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2007 - karger.com
Smooth pursuit eye movements are used to track small moving visual objects and depend
on an intact fovea. Optokinetic nystagmus is the oculomotor response to large moving visual …

Neural dynamics of saccadic and smooth pursuit eye movement coordination during visual tracking of unpredictably moving targets

S Grossberg, K Srihasam, D Bullock - Neural Networks, 2012 - Elsevier
How does the brain coordinate saccadic and smooth pursuit eye movements to track objects
that move in unpredictable directions and speeds? Saccadic eye movements rapidly foveate …