Cerebellar Control of Saccadic Eye Movements in the Pigmented Rat

  • Piergiorgio Strata
  • Leonardo Chelazzi
  • Filippo Tempia
  • Ferdinando Rossi
  • Mirella Ghirardi
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Abstract

As for most body movements, the cerebellum is not necessary for the generation of ocular saccades, but it is important for their correct performance. Lesion, stimulation, and recording experiments show that different regions of the cerebellum contribute to this performance (see Carpenter, 1988; Leigh and Zee, 1983, for reviews). By contrast, little is known about the importance of the inferior olive in saccadic control. Such knowledge is important for a better understanding of the role of the cerebellum in motor performance. By comparing the different effects of the lesion of the inferior olive and of localized areas of the cerebellum on saccadic activity, it is also possible to contribute to a better understanding of the role of the olivocerebellar system in cerebellar operation.

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Purkinje Cell Inferior Olive Saccadic Amplitude Neural Integrator Olivary Neuron 
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  • Piergiorgio Strata
  • Leonardo Chelazzi
  • Filippo Tempia
  • Ferdinando Rossi
  • Mirella Ghirardi

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