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Low frequency rTMS over posterior parietal cortex impairs smooth pursuit eye tracking

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posted on 2023-06-07, 19:00 authored by Samuel B Hutton, Brendan S Weekes
The role of the posterior parietal cortex in smooth pursuit eye movements remains unclear. We used low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to study the cognitive and neural systems involved in the control of smooth pursuit eye movements. Eighteen participants were tested on two separate occasions. On each occasion we measured smooth pursuit eye tracking before and after 6 min of 1 Hz rTMS delivered at 90% of motor threshold. Low frequency rTMS over the posterior parietal cortex led to a significant reduction in smooth pursuit velocity gain, whereas rTMS over the motor cortex had no effect on gain. We conclude that low frequency offline rTMS is a potentially useful tool with which to explore the cortical systems involved in oculomotor control.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Experimental Brain Research

ISSN

0014-4819

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Issue

2

Volume

183

Page range

195-200

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  • Psychology Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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