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Anatomy and physiology of saccadic long-lead burst neurons recorded in the alert squirrel monkey. II. Pontine neurons.

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:1. The discharge patterns and axonal projections of saccadic long-lead burst neurons (LLBNs) with somata in the pontine reticular formation were studied in alert squirrel monkeys with the use of the method of intraaxonal recording and horseradish peroxidase injection. 2. The largest population of stained neurons were afferents to the cerebellum. They originated in the dorsomedial nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis (NRTP) including its dorsal cell group (N = 5), the preabducens intrafascicular nucleus (N = 5), and the raphe pontis (N = 1). Axons of all neurons coursed under NRTP and entered brachium pontis without having synapsed in the brain stem. Three axons sent collaterals to the floccular lobe, but other more distant targets of these and the other cerebellar afferents could not be determined. Movement fields of these neurons were intermediate between vectorial and directional types. 3. Four neurons had their somata in nucleus reticularis pontis oralis and terminations in the brain stem reticular formation. Each neuron was different, but all terminated in the region containing excitatory burst neurons, and most terminated in the region containing inhibitory burst neurons. Other targets include nucleus reticularis pontis oralis and caudalis, NRTP, raphe interpositus, and the spinal cord. Discharge patterns included both vectorial and directional types. 4. Two reticulospinal neurons had large multipolar somata either just rostral or ventral to the abducens nucleus. These neurons also projected to the medullary reticular formation, caudal nucleus prepositus hypoglossi, and dorsal and ventral paramedian reticular nucleus. 5. The functional implications of the connections of these LLBNs and those reported in the companion paper are extensively discussed. The fact that the efferents of the superior colliculus target the regions containing medium-lead saccadic burst neurons confirms the role of the colliculus in saccade generation. However, the finding that many other neurons project to these regions and the finding that superior colliculus efferents project more heavily to areas containing reticulospinal neurons argue for a diminished role of the superior colliculus in saccade generation but an augmented role in head movement control.

journal_name

J Neurophysiol

journal_title

Journal of neurophysiology

authors

Scudder CA,Moschovakis AK,Karabelas AB,Highstein SM

doi

10.1152/jn.1996.76.1.353

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Has Abstract

pub_date

1996-07-01 00:00:00

pages

353-70

issue

eissn

0022-3077

issn

1522-1598

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Anatomy and physiology of saccadic long-lead burst neurons recorded in the alert squirrel monkey. II. Pontine neurons.