Presaccadic spike potential. Relation to eye movement direction. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The spike potential (SP) which precedes horizontal saccadic eye movement has been shown to arise in the agonist lateral and medial rectus muscles of the two eyes. To determine whether other extra-ocular muscles also generate an SP, recordings were carried out in normal subjects performing vertical and oblique as well as horizontal saccades. An SP was recorded before saccades in all directions. The potential was highest in amplitude with horizontal or oblique abducting saccades and was higher in amplitude with vertical upgoing than downgoing saccades.

publication date

  • September 1, 1986

Research

keywords

  • Action Potentials
  • Eye Movements
  • Muscles

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0022461715

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/0013-4694(86)90167-7

PubMed ID

  • 2427314

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 64

issue

  • 3