ISSN:
1432-1351
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Summary 1. Multi- and single-unit recordings in the torus longitudinalis (TL) of the percoid fishes,Holocentrus andEugerres, showed two kinds of response. The first was a predominantly sustained discharge to dimming in the contralateral visual field. TL receptive fields were always found close to the equator of this field, with their naso-temporal position mapping onto the rostro-caudal axis of TL. 2. The second type of activity was a bursting discharge synchronized with saccadic eye movements. Because these bursts persisted in the dark and after paralysis with Flaxedil, but were not evoked by passive eye movements, they appear to constitute a corollary discharge. Although the burst magnitude was correlated with saccade amplitude, there was no evidence for the encoding of saccade direction. 3. The two response types appear to be generated by two classes of neurons because visual responses were generally recorded more superficially in TL than saccadic bursts, and the single units recorded gave either visual or saccadic responses. 4. Electrical stimulation experiments provided evidence for reciprocal topographic interconnection between TL and its adjacent tectum.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00605286
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