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Leading the way: collicular contributions to blindsight.
| Title: | Leading the way: collicular contributions to blindsight. |
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| Authors: | Goodale MA; Department of Psychology, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada., Corneil BD; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada. |
| Source: | Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) [Cereb Cortex] 2026 Sep 01; Vol. 36 (9). |
| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9110718 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1460-2199 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10473211 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Cereb Cortex Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, c1991- |
| MeSH Terms: | Saccades*/physiology , Superior Colliculi*/physiology , Blindness*/physiopathology , Primary Visual Cortex*/physiology, Visual Fields/physiology ; Visual Cortex/physiology ; Visual Perception/physiology ; Animals |
| Abstract: | In this issue, Sepe et al. (2026) show that after only 2 weeks' recovery from a unilateral lesion of primary visual cortex, macaques show evidence that they can make saccades towards targets in the contralesional visual field when target onset is cued. We propose that the superior colliculus is a strong candidate for the generation of these spared visual responses. We go on to suggest that measuring other components of the orienting response, namely activity in the neck and limb muscles during saccades or pointing movements, could provide confirmatory evidence for a collicular contribution to visual orienting movements in blindsight. (© The Author(s) 2026. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For commercial re-use, please contact reprints@oup.com for reprints and translation rights for reprints. All other permissions can be obtained through our RightsLink service via the Permissions link on the article page on our site—for further information please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.) |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: express visuomotor response; limb movements; macaque monkeys; saccades; visual cortex |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20261005 Date Completed: 20261005 Latest Revision: 20261005 |
| Update Code: | 20261005 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/cercor/bhag141 |
| PMID: | 42831684 |
| Database: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1460-2199 |
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| DOI: | 10.1093/cercor/bhag141 |