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New data were obtained in experiments with unanesthetized animals showing that electrical stimulation of the structures of the outer geniculate body of the cat elicits goal-directed eye movements. Relationships were found between eye-movement amplitude and direction and the position of the eye at the instant of stimulation, as well as the position of the stimulating electrodes in the outer geniculate body. A scheme is proposed for the multilevel interaction of the visual and oculomotor systems during their functioning, and a possible relation is discussed between the described phenomenon and the mechanisms responsible for the foveation of objects during their recognition.
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Translated from Fiziologicheskii Zhurnal SSSR imeni I. M. Sechenova, Vol. 69, No. 2, pp. 167–175, February, 1983.
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Podvigin, N.F., Svetlova, V.Y., Evpyat'eva, E.V. et al. Eye movements in the cat evoked by electrical stimulation of the outer geniculate body. Neurosci Behav Physiol 15, 310–317 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01185293
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