期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 37, 期 19, 页码 5008-5018出版社
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2433-16.2017
关键词
frontal eye field; prefrontal cortex; pupil constriction; pupil light reflex; reflex control; subsumption architecture
资金
- National Eye Institute-National Institutes of Health [R01-EY014924]
- National Eye Institute-National Institutes of Health (NEI T32 Postdoctoral Training Grant)
- National Institute of Mental Health-National Institutes of Health (National Research Service Award) [F32-MH102049]
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is thought to flexibly regulate sensorimotor responses, perhaps through modulating activity in other circuits. However, the scope of that control remains unknown: it remains unclear whether the PFC can modulate basic reflexes. One canonical example of a central reflex is the pupil light reflex (PLR): the automatic constriction of the pupil in response to luminance increments. Unlike pupil size, which depends on the interaction of multiple physiological and neuromodulatory influences, the PLR reflects the action of a simple brainstem circuit. However, emerging behavioral evidence suggests that the PLR may be modulated by cognitive processes. Although the neural basis of these modulations remains unknown, one possible source is the PFC, particularly the frontal eye field (FEF), an area of the PFC implicated in the control of attention. We show that microstimulation of the rhesus macaque FEF alters the magnitude of the PLR in a spatially specific manner. FEF microstimulation enhanced the PLR to probes presented within the stimulated visual field, but suppressed the PLR to probes at nonoverlapping locations. The spatial specificity of this effect parallels the effect of FEF stimulation on attention and suggests that FEF is capable of modulating visuomotor transformations performed at a lower level than was previously known. These results provide evidence of the selective regulation of a basic brainstem reflex by the PFC.
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