06 Mar 2014
March 6, 2014

A Distinct Contribution of the Frontal Eye Field to the Visual Representation of Saccadic Targets

Neuroscience

Noudoost, Clark, and Moore deactivated the frontal eye fields (FEF) and recorded from visual cortical area V4.  This disrupted saccades to targets but *increased* pre-saccade activity in V4.  V4 neurons, however, showed reduced discrimination of the target stimulus.  It seems that the FEF provides details about the saccade target to visual cortex.

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The Miller Lab uses experimental and theoretical approaches to study the neural basis of the high-level cognitive functions that underlie complex goal-directed behavior. ekmillerlab.mit.edu