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Issue 1039 coverClinical and Basic Oculomotor Research: In Honor of David S. Zee Volume 1039 published April 2005
Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1039: 563–566 (2005). doi: 10.1196/annals.1325.068
Copyright © 2005 by the New York Academy of Sciences
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Effect of Blinks on Saccades before Smooth-Pursuit Eye-Movement Initiation

HOLGER RAMBOLD, IEMAN EL BAZ AND CHRISTOPH HELMCHEN

Department of Neurology, University of Luebeck, 23538 Luebeck, Germany

Address for correspondence: Holger Rambold, Dept. of Neurology, University of Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Luebeck, Germany. Voice: +451-500-3709; fax: +451-500-2489. Holger.Rambold{at}neuro.uni-luebeck.de

The effect of blinks on the saccade frequency before the onset of step ramp smooth pursuit was assessed in healthy controls. Blinks elicited before smooth pursuit onset suppressed saccades in contrast to a control and a gap paradigm. The source of blink associated suppression of saccades remains unclear but is probably not caused by visual signals or the omnipause neurons.

Key Words: smooth pursuit • blinks • saccades






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