Information Processing Underlying Gaze Control

This volume summarizes recent advances in the fast growing field of information processing underlying gaze control. Gaze control is a valuable model for addressing basic questions on the functional properties of the central nervous system using the latest anatomica and electrophysiological techniques and is therefore an important area of research across the disciplines. The book is based on a workshop which drew together leading researchers to exchange information on the computational properties of neuronal circuits underlying gaze control. The relative ease with which the appropriate sensory stimuli and the resulting behavioural responses can be defined and measured has resulted in a great amount of information on the neuronal networks which generate and control eye and head movements. However, although clear definitions for the different steps in this computational processing have emerged, the neuronal and molecular mechanisms at play are far from being elucidated. Furthermore, the relatively recent discovery that neurons have complex intrinsic membrane mechanisms which endow them with non-linear integrative properties has opened a new branch of gaze physiology, but has also further complicated the issue. This volume, therefore, provides a state-of-the-art picture of the situation, giving special emphasis to the relatively new research areas. The seven sections each include a comprehensive overview from amomical, electrophysiological, behavioural and modelling aspects Content: Pergamon Studies in Neuroscience No 12 , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Preface , Pages xi-xii 1 - The Anatomy of the Vestibulo-Ocular System in Lampreys , Pages 1-11 , M.A. POMBAL, M.C. RODICIO, R. ANADÓN 2 - Excitatory Amino Acid Receptors and Synaptic Transmission in Rat Extraocular Motoneurons , Pages 13-20 , J. DURAND, J.P. GUÉRITAUD, M. OUARDOUZ 3 - Effects of the APV Injection into the Abducens and the Prepositus Hypoglossi Nuclei on the Generation of Eye Position Signal , Pages 21-29 , G. CHERON, P. METTENS, E. GODAUX, M. ESCUDERO 4 - Lateral Rectus Muscle Paralysis Induced by Botulinum Toxin: Effects on Abducens Motoneuron Discharge Characteristics , Pages 31-39 , B. MORENO-LÓPEZ, R.R. DE LA CRUZ, J.O. DOLLY, J.M. DELGADO-GARCÍA 5 - Differential Response of Abducens Internuclear Neurons to Selective Target Removal and Electrolytic Lesion in Adult Cats , Pages 41-51 , R.R. DE LA CRUZ, A.M. PASTOR, J.M. DELGADO-GARCÍA 6 - Compensation for Perturbations of Gaze and Role of Vestibular Signals in Gaze Control , Pages 53-63 , S. FAKHRI, D. PELISSON, D. GUITTON 7 - On the 3-Dimensional Rapid Eye Movement Generator in the Monkey , Pages 65-74 , K. HEPP, Y. SUZUKI, D. STRAUMANN, B.J.M. HESS 8 - Changes of Listing's Plane Under Physiological and Pathological Conditions , Pages 75-86 , Y. SUZUKI, D. STRAUMANN, B.J.M. HESS, V. HENN 9 - On the Role of Goldfish Optic Tectum in the Generation of Eye Movements , Pages 87-95 , C. SALAS, L. HERRERO, F. RODRÍGUEZ, B. TORRES 10 - Collicular Control of Saccades by the Prepositus Feedback Loop , Pages 97-108 , O. HARDY, J. CORVISIER 11 - Saccadic Reaction Times to Fully Predictive and Random Visual Targets during Gap and Non-Gap Paradigms , Pages 109-115 , C. GÓMEZ, M. ATIENZA, M. VÁZQUEZ, J.L. CANTERO 12 - Positron Emission Tomographic Studies of Saccadic Eye Movements in Healthy Humans , Pages 117-123 , CH. ORSSAUD, L. PETIT, N. TZOURIO, W. LANG, B. MAZOYER, A. BERTHOZ 13 - A Neural Computation: Spatial to Temporal Transformation , Pages 125-137 , C. ZAMORA-RAMOS, G.J. GOODHILL 14 - Nonlinearities in the Saccadic System and Efferent Feedback to the Collicular Motor Map , Pages 139-149 , A.J. VAN OPSTAL 15 - Neuroactive Amino Acids in Vestibular Afferents , Pages 151-157 , I. REICHENBERGER, H. STRAKA, N. DIERINGER 16 - Pharmacological Properties of Medial Vestibular Neurones in the Guinea-Pig: An In Vitro Study , Pages 159-173 , N. VIBERT, M. SERAFIN, P.-P. VIDAL, M. MÜHLETHALER 17 - Type I Second-Order Medial Vestibular Neurons in the Head-Fixed Guinea-Pig during Alertness and Following Adaptation , Pages 175-186 , M. SERAFIN, M. MÜHLETHALER, P.-P. VIDAL 18 - Input Patterns from Six Semicircular Canals to Neck Motoneurons of the Multifidus and the Semispinalis Muscle Groups , Pages 187-195 , Y. SHINODA, Y. SUGIUCHI, T. FUTAMI, S. KAKEI, Y. IZAWA 19 - Inhibitory Vertical Canal Inputs Mediated by Spinal Commissural Neurons to Contralateral Neck Motoneurons , Pages 197-207 , Y. SUGIUCHI, S. KAKEI, Y. IZAWA, Y. SHINODA 20 - Vestibular and Spinal Plasticity after Hemilabyrinthectomy in the Frog , Pages 209-216 , H. STRAKA, A.W. KUNKEL, N. DIERINGER 21 - Does Unilateral Vestibular Deafferentation Affect Listing's Plane? , Pages 217-220 , T. HASLWANTER, I.S. CURTHOYS, G.M. HALMAGYI 22 - The Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex and Optical Flow , Pages 221-230 , D. TWEED, H. MISSLISCH, M. FETTER, D. SIEVERING, E. KOENING 23 - Segregation of Retinal and Visual Cortex Projections to the Pretectum, an Ultrastructural Tracing Study in Pigmented Rats , Pages 231-236 , J.J.L. VAN DER WANT, J. WORTEL, C. VAN DER TOGT 24 - A Cortico-Ponto-Cerebellar Pathway for Smooth-Pursuit Eye Movements , Pages 237-249 , P. THIER, C.-D. THIELERT, H. HERBST, R.G. ERICKSON 25 - Stimulus Specificity in the Primate Optokinetic System , Pages 251-259 , F.A. MILES 26 - When the Two Eyes See Patterns of Unequal Size They Produce Saccades of Unequal Amplitude , Pages 261-267 , G.A. BUSH, J. VAN DER STEEN, F.A. MILES 27 - Similar Changes in the Latency of Pursuit and Saccadic Eye Movements Observed with the “Gap Paradigm” , Pages 269-277 , R.J. KRAUZLIS, F.A. MILES 28 - A Model of Predictive Processes in Oculomotor Control Based on Experimental Results in Humans , Pages 279-290 , G.R. BARNES 29 - Anatomical Arguments for a Functional Participation of the Trigeminal System in the Control of Head–Neck Posture , Pages 291-298 , C. STRAZIELLE, G. JACQUART, P. MAHLER, C. MEYER, A. CAMPOS-TORRES 30 - Are Extraocular Afferent Signals Involved in Eye–Head Coupling Processes? , Pages 299-308 , L. BOREL, E. LAURENT, M. LACOUR 31 - Extraocular Muscle Afferent Signals and the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex , Pages 309-318 , P.C. KNOX, I.M.L. DONALDSON 32 - Conjugate and Disconjugate Contributions to Bifoveal Fixations Studied from a 3D Perspective , Pages 319-327 , J.A.M. VAN GISBERGEN, A.W.H. MINKEN 33 - Auditory-Evoked Saccades in Two Dimensions: Dynamical Characteristics, Influence of Eye Position and Sound Spectrum , Pages 329-339 , M.A. FRENS, A.J. VAN OPSTAL 34 - Vestibular and Cerebellar Connections Subserving Eye Movements , Pages 341-350 , N.M. GERRITS 35 - The Cholinergic Mechanism in the Information Processing Underlying Gaze Control: Ultrastructure of Nicotinic and Muscarinic Receptor Protein in the Rabbit Flocculus , Pages 351-362 , A.R. CAFFÉ, R.K. HAWKINS, J. VOOGD 36 - First Steps in an Electrophysiological “Input-Output” Approach of the Horizontal Operational Unit of the Flocculus , Pages 363-371 , E. GODAUX, G. CHERON, M. ESCUDERO 37 - Discharge Patterns of Cerebellar Nuclear Neurons Related to Eye and Head Movements in the Alert Cat , Pages 373-381 , P. BLÁZQUEZ, A. GRUART, J.M. DELGADO-GARCÍA 38 - Variability of Climbing Fiber Effects on Deep Cerebellar Nuclei Neurons in the Alert Behaving Cat , Pages 383-391 , A. GRUART, P. BLÁZQUEZ, J.M. DELGADO-GARCÍA 39 - The Role of the Oculomotor Vermis and the Fastigial Nucleus in Saccade and Smooth Pursuit Performance , Pages 393-401 , U. BÜTTNER, CH. HELMCHEN, A. STRAUBE 40 - Vestibulo-Ocular Control by the Cerebellar Nodulo-Uvular Lobules , Pages 403-413 , D.E. ANGELAKI, B.J.M. HESS 41 - Biomechanics, Movement Strategies and the Evolution of the Head–Neck System in Mammals , Pages 415-427 , W. GRAF, C. DE WAELE, P.-P. VIDAL 42 - Strategies for Simultaneous Image Stabilization and Gaze Orientation in Different Vertebrates , Pages 429-436 , N. DIERINGER, R.K. MEIER 43 - Models of the Multisensory Control of Gaze: the Role of the Superior Colliculus , Pages 437-445 , P. LEFÈVRE, I. BOTTEMANNE, M. CROMMELINCK, A. ROUCOUX 44 - Coding Spatial Information Through Retinal and Labyrinthine Signals , Pages 447-454 , J. BLOUIN, G.M. GAUTHIER, J.-L. VERCHER Author Index , Page 455 Subject Index , Pages 457-460 Information Processing Underlying Gaze Control covers the proceedings of the Satellite Workshop to the 16th European Neuroscience Association. The book presents materials concerning the computational properties of neuronal circuits underlying gaze control. The book contains 44 papers, which are organized into seven sections. The first section deals with the morphology and physiology of extraocular motor nuclei. Section II tackles the anatomo-functional organization of the saccadic system, and Section III covers the vestibular and otolithic systems. Section IV discusses the optokinetic and smooth pursuit systems, while Section V talks about other sensory systems involved in the control of oculomotor function. Section VI covers the role of cerebellum in the genesis and control of eye movements, and Section VII tackles the coordination of eye, head, and body movements. The text will be of great use to researchers who have an interest in gaze control.