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Effects of occipital lobectomy upon eye movements in primate.

Abstract：

:1. Eye movements were recorded before and after bilateral occipital lobectomy in six rhesus monkeys trained to fixate and to follow small targets. Striate cortex was completely removed in two animals; small islands islands remained in the others. In all animals portions of extrastriate cortex were also removed but the medial superior temporal area in the superior temporal sulcus was largely spared. Optokinetic nystagmus (OKN) was markedly altered but not abolished in all animals. The immediate pursuit component of OKN was eliminated leading to a poor response to stimuli comprised of high frequencies. The velocity-storage component of OKN was present, but the maximum value of OKN that could be achieved was decreased to 6 and 16 degrees/s in the two most severely affected animals (preop, 65-116 degrees/s). The residual OKN was similar to that of afoveate animals with a diminished response to high velocities of retinal-image motion and a temporal to nasal predominance during monocular viewing. 2. In the initial postoperative period all animals appeared completely blind. Within 1-6 mo, however, they regained an ability to make visually guided saccades to, and smooth pursuit of, small targets. Saccades were nearly as accurate as preoperatively, but saccade amplitudes were more variable and saccade latencies increased. In the two animals with a complete removal of striate cortex, gains (eye velocity/target velocity) of smooth pursuit during sinusoidal tracking (60 degrees/s, 0.5 Hz) were 0.9 and 0.95. During tracking of step-ramp (Rashbass) stimuli with 60 degrees/s ramps, the average acceleration of the eyes during the first 120 ms of smooth pursuit was 189-278 degrees.s-1.s-1 (preop range, 154-418 degrees.s-1.s-1). In other respects, though, smooth pursuit was not normal. Latencies were increased two- to threefold, and tracking was more variable. 3. Paradoxically, as visually guided saccades and pursuit recovered, some other ocular motor functions deteriorated. Spontaneous and gaze-evoked nystagmus developed 3-6 mo after occipital lobectomy; the time constant of the neural eye-position integrator dropped to values as low as 2.6-4.8 s. The maximum slow-phase velocity of OKN also decreased. 4. The findings immediately after occipital lobectomy indicate that in normal primates occipital cortex is necessary for visually guided saccades and smooth pursuit as well as for the immediate component of OKN. Occipital cortex also makes the predominant contribution toward the generation of the velocity-storage component of OKN.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

journal_name

J Neurophysiol

journal_title

Journal of neurophysiology

authors

Zee DS,Tusa RJ,Herdman SJ,Butler PH,Gücer G

doi

10.1152/jn.1987.58.4.883

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1987-10-01 00:00:00

pages

883-907

issue

eissn

0022-3077

issn

1522-1598

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Effects of occipital lobectomy upon eye movements in primate.