JN Fuel your research with LabChart
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

J Neurophysiol 81: 1760-1782, 1999;
0022-3077/99 $5.00
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Crawford, J. D.
Right arrow Articles by Guitton, D.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Crawford, J. D.
Right arrow Articles by Guitton, D.

The Journal of Neurophysiology Vol. 81 No. 4 April 1999, pp. 1760-1782
Copyright ©1999 by the American Physiological Society

Three-Dimensional Eye-Head Coordination During Gaze Saccades in the Primate

J. Douglas Crawford,1 Melike Z. Ceylan,1 Eliana M. Klier,1 and Daniel Guitton2

 1Centre for Vision Research and Departments of Psychology and Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3; and  2Montreal Neurological Institute and Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada

Crawford, J. Douglas, Melike Z. Ceylan, Eliana M. Klier, and Daniel Guitton. Three-dimensional eye-head coordination during gaze saccades in the primate. The purpose of this investigation was to describe the neural constraints on three-dimensional (3-D) orientations of the eye in space (Es), head in space (Hs), and eye in head (Eh) during visual fixations in the monkey and the control strategies used to implement these constraints during head-free gaze saccades. Dual scleral search coil signals were used to compute 3-D orientation quaternions, two-dimensional (2-D) direction vectors, and 3-D angular velocity vectors for both the eye and head in three monkeys during the following visual tasks: radial to/from center, repetitive horizontal, nonrepetitive oblique, random (wide 2-D range), and random with pin-hole goggles. Although 2-D gaze direction (of Es) was controlled more tightly than the contributing 2-D Hs and Eh components, the torsional standard deviation of Es was greater (mean 3.55°) than Hs (3.10°), which in turn was greater than Eh (1.87°) during random fixations. Thus the 3-D Es range appeared to be the byproduct of Hs and Eh constraints, resulting in a pseudoplanar Es range that was twisted (in orthogonal coordinates) like the zero torsion range of Fick coordinates. The Hs fixation range was similarly Fick-like, whereas the Eh fixation range was quasiplanar. The latter Eh range was maintained through exquisite saccade/slow phase coordination, i.e., during each head movement, multiple anticipatory saccades drove the eye torsionally out of the planar range such that subsequent slow phases drove the eye back toward the fixation range. The Fick-like Hs constraint was maintained by the following strategies: first, during purely vertical/horizontal movements, the head rotated about constantly oriented axes that closely resembled physical Fick gimbals, i.e., about head-fixed horizontal axes and space-fixed vertical axes, respectively (although in 1 animal, the latter constraint was relaxed during repetitive horizontal movements, allowing for trajectory optimization). However, during large oblique movements, head orientation made transient but dramatic departures from the zero-torsion Fick surface, taking the shortest path between two torsionally eccentric fixation points on the surface. Moreover, in the pin-hole goggle task, the head-orientation range flattened significantly, suggesting a task-dependent default strategy similar to Listing's law. These and previous observations suggest two quasi-independent brain stem circuits: an oculomotor 2-D to 3-D transformation that coordinates anticipatory saccades with slow phases to uphold Listing's law, and a flexible "Fick operator" that selects head motor error; both nested within a dynamic gaze feedback loop.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 J. Neurophysiol.Home page
M. Kunin, Y. Osaki, B. Cohen, and T. Raphan
Rotation Axes of the Head During Positioning, Head Shaking, and Locomotion
J Neurophysiol, November 1, 2007; 98(5): 3095 - 3108.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurophysiol.Home page
A. G. Constantin, H. Wang, J. C. Martinez-Trujillo, and J. D. Crawford
Frames of Reference for Gaze Saccades Evoked During Stimulation of Lateral Intraparietal Cortex
J Neurophysiol, August 1, 2007; 98(2): 696 - 709.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurophysiol.Home page
F. Farshadmanesh, E. M. Klier, P. Chang, H. Wang, and J. D. Crawford
Three-Dimensional Eye-Head Coordination After Injection of Muscimol Into the Interstitial Nucleus of Cajal (INC)
J Neurophysiol, March 1, 2007; 97(3): 2322 - 2338.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurophysiol.Home page
E. M. Klier, H. Wang, and J. D. Crawford
Interstitial Nucleus of Cajal Encodes Three-Dimensional Head Orientations in Fick-Like Coordinates
J Neurophysiol, January 1, 2007; 97(1): 604 - 617.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurosci.Home page
E. M. Klier, H. Meng, and D. E. Angelaki
Three-dimensional kinematics at the level of the oculomotor plant.
J. Neurosci., March 8, 2006; 26(10): 2732 - 2737.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurophysiol.Home page
A. G. Constantin, H. Wang, and J. D. Crawford
Role of Superior Colliculus in Adaptive Eye-Head Coordination During Gaze Shifts
J Neurophysiol, October 1, 2004; 92(4): 2168 - 2184.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurophysiol.Home page
J. J. Marotta, W. P. Medendorp, and J. D. Crawford
Kinematic Rules for Upper and Lower Arm Contributions to Grasp Orientation
J Neurophysiol, December 1, 2003; 90(6): 3816 - 3827.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurophysiol.Home page
J. C. Martinez-Trujillo, E. M. Klier, H. Wang, and J. D. Crawford
Contribution of Head Movement to Gaze Command Coding in Monkey Frontal Cortex and Superior Colliculus
J Neurophysiol, October 1, 2003; 90(4): 2770 - 2776.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurophysiol.Home page
J. D. Crawford, D. B. Tweed, and T. Vilis
Static Ocular Counterroll Is Implemented Through the 3-D Neural Integrator
J Neurophysiol, October 1, 2003; 90(4): 2777 - 2784.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci.Home page
E. M. KLIER and J. D. CRAWFORD
Neural Control of Three-Dimensional Eye and Head Posture
Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., October 1, 2003; 1004(1): 122 - 131.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurophysiol.Home page
B. J.M. Hess and D. E. Angelaki
Gravity Modulates Listing's Plane Orientation During Both Pursuit and Saccades
J Neurophysiol, August 1, 2003; 90(2): 1340 - 1345.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurophysiol.Home page
J. C. Martinez-Trujillo, H. Wang, and J. D. Crawford
Electrical Stimulation of the Supplementary Eye Fields in the Head-Free Macaque Evokes Kinematically Normal Gaze Shifts
J Neurophysiol, June 1, 2003; 89(6): 2961 - 2974.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurophysiol.Home page
E. M. Klier, H. Wang, and J. D. Crawford
Three-Dimensional Eye-Head Coordination Is Implemented Downstream From the Superior Colliculus
J Neurophysiol, May 1, 2003; 89(5): 2839 - 2853.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 ScienceHome page
E. M. Klier, H. Wang, A. G. Constantin, and J. D. Crawford
Midbrain Control of Three-Dimensional Head Orientation
Science, February 15, 2002; 295(5558): 1314 - 1316.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurophysiol.Home page
B. D. Corneil, E. Olivier, F. J. R. Richmond, G. E. Loeb, and D. P. Munoz
Neck Muscles in the Rhesus Monkey. II. Electromyographic Patterns of Activation Underlying Postures and Movements
J Neurophysiol, October 1, 2001; 86(4): 1729 - 1749.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurophysiol.Home page
W. P. Medendorp, J. D. Crawford, D.Y.P. Henriques, J.A.M. Van Gisbergen, and C.C.A.M. Gielen
Kinematic Strategies for Upper Arm-Forearm Coordination in Three Dimensions
J Neurophysiol, November 1, 2000; 84(5): 2302 - 2316.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurosci.Home page
M. Ceylan, D. Y. P. Henriques, D. B. Tweed, and J. D. Crawford
Task-Dependent Constraints in Motor Control: Pinhole Goggles Make the Head Move Like an Eye
J. Neurosci., April 1, 2000; 20(7): 2719 - 2730.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurophysiol.Home page
A. J. F. Coimbra, P. Lefevre, M. Missal, and E. Olivier
Difference Between Visually and Electrically Evoked Gaze Saccades Disclosed by Altering the Head Moment of Inertia
J Neurophysiol, February 1, 2000; 83(2): 1103 - 1107.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurophysiol.Home page
K. E. Cullen, H. L. Galiana, and P. A. Sylvestre
Comparing Extraocular Motoneuron Discharges During Head-Restrained Saccades and Head-Unrestrained Gaze Shifts
J Neurophysiol, January 1, 2000; 83(1): 630 - 637.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Neurophysiol.Home page
W. P. Medendorp, J.A.M. van Gisbergen, M.W.I.M. Horstink, and C.C.A.M. Gielen
Donders' Law in Torticollis
J Neurophysiol, November 1, 1999; 82(5): 2833 - 2838.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Visit Other APS Journals Online