Abstract
What would the concept of an oculomotor thalamus imply in terms of functional operations? In the central thalamus, groups of neurons show typical patterns of firing in relation to the occurrence of ocular saccadic and pursuit movements. These neuronal populations are connected with practically all known oculomotor structures in brain stem, cerebellum, basal ganglia, and cerebral cortex. Disabling particular sectors of the central thalamus produces spatial and temporal deficits; these are briefly described in this article. The place of the central thalamus in the brain circuitry dealing with the generation of eye movements is also examined, on the basis of anatomical and physiological data. The central thalamus seems to be in a strategic position to orchestrate the oculomotor behavior, although it would not itself play any instrument in the concert.
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