Influence of the thalamus on spatial visual processing in frontal cortex

Marc A. Sommer () and Robert H. Wurtz
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Marc A. Sommer: the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, and the Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh
Robert H. Wurtz: National Eye Institute, NIH

Nature, 2006, vol. 444, issue 7117, 374-377

Abstract: Wandering eyes When we view a scene our eyes flit from one location to another, yet our perception of the scene remains steady. Marc Sommer and Robert Wurtz report a possible mechanism that could control this perceptual stability. It involves a brain circuit that relays information on quick eye movements from the midbrain via the thalamus to the frontal cortex, where neurons alter their receptive field to anticipate their effects.

Date: 2006
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