Publications

Wurtz, Robert H., Marc A. Sommer, and James Cavanaugh. “Drivers from the deep: the contribution of collicular input to thalamocortical processing.” Progress in Brain Research 149 (January 2005): 207–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0079-6123(05)49015-9.

Sommer, Marc A., and Robert H. Wurtz. “What the brain stem tells the frontal cortex. II. Role of the SC-MD-FEF pathway in corollary discharge.” Journal of Neurophysiology 91, no. 3 (March 2004): 1403–23. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00740.2003.

Sommer, Marc A., and Robert H. Wurtz. “What the brain stem tells the frontal cortex. I. Oculomotor signals sent from superior colliculus to frontal eye field via mediodorsal thalamus.” Journal of Neurophysiology 91, no. 3 (March 2004): 1381–1402. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00738.2003.

Wurtz, Robert H., and Marc A. Sommer. “Identifying corollary discharges for movement in the primate brain.” In Progress in Brain Research, 47–60. Elsevier, 2004. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0079-6123(03)14403-2.

Wurtz, Robert H., and Marc A. Sommer. “Identifying corollary discharges for movement in the primate brain.” Progress in Brain Research 144 (January 2004): 47–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0079-6123(03)14403-2.

Sommer, Marc A. “The role of the thalamus in motor control.” Current Opinion in Neurobiology 13, no. 6 (December 2003): 663–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2003.10.014.

Sommer, M. A., and R. H. Wurtz. “The frontal eye field sends predictively remapped visual signals to the superior colliculus.” Journal of Vision 3, no. 9 (2003): 146–146. https://doi.org/10.1167/3.9.146.

Sommer, Marc A., and Robert H. Wurtz. “A pathway in primate brain for internal monitoring of movements.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 296, no. 5572 (May 2002): 1480–82. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1069590.

Sommer, M. A., and R. H. Wurtz. “Frontal eye field sends delay activity related to movement, memory, and vision to the superior colliculus.” Journal of Neurophysiology 85, no. 4 (April 2001): 1673–85. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.2001.85.4.1673.

Sommer, M., and R. Wurtz. “A subcortical source of visual input to the frontal eye field.” Journal of Vision 1, no. 3 (2001): 259–259. https://doi.org/10.1167/1.3.259.

Wurtz, R. H., M. A. Sommer, M. Paré, and S. Ferraina. “Signal transformations from cerebral cortex to superior colliculus for the generation of saccades.” Vision Research 41, no. 25–26 (January 2001): 3399–3412. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0042-6989(01)00066-9.

Port, N. L., M. A. Sommer, and R. H. Wurtz. “Multielectrode evidence for spreading activity across the superior colliculus movement map.” Journal of Neurophysiology 84, no. 1 (July 2000): 344–57. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.2000.84.1.344.

Tehovnik, E. J., M. A. Sommer, I. H. Chou, W. M. Slocum, and P. H. Schiller. “Eye fields in the frontal lobes of primates.” Brain Research. Brain Research Reviews 32, no. 2–3 (April 2000): 413–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0165-0173(99)00092-2.

Sommer, M. A., and R. H. Wurtz. “Composition and topographic organization of signals sent from the frontal eye field to the superior colliculus.” Journal of Neurophysiology 83, no. 4 (April 2000): 1979–2001. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.2000.83.4.1979.

Wurtz, R. H., M. A. Basso, M. Paré, and M. A. Sommer. “The Superior Colliculus and the Cognitive Control of Movement.” In The New Cognitive Neurosciences, edited by M. S. Gazzaniga, 573–87. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000.

Sommer, M. A., and E. J. Tehovnik. “Reversible inactivation of macaque dorsomedial frontal cortex: effects on saccades and fixations.” Experimental Brain Research 124, no. 4 (February 1999): 429–46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002210050639.

Chou, I. H., M. A. Sommer, and P. H. Schiller. “Express averaging saccades in monkeys.” Vision Research 39, no. 25 (January 1999): 4200–4216. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0042-6989(99)00133-9.

Sommer, M. A., and R. H. Wurtz. “Frontal eye field neurons orthodromically activated from the superior colliculus.” Journal of Neurophysiology 80, no. 6 (December 1998): 3331–35. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.1998.80.6.3331.

Nichols, A. M., T. W. Ruffner, M. A. Sommer, and R. H. Wurtz. “A screw microdrive for adjustable chronic unit recording in monkeys.” Journal of Neuroscience Methods 81, no. 1–2 (June 1998): 185–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0165-0270(98)00036-3.

Tehovnik, E. J., and M. A. Sommer. “Electrically evoked saccades from the dorsomedial frontal cortex and frontal eye fields: a parametric evaluation reveals differences between areas.” Experimental Brain Research 117, no. 3 (December 1997): 369–78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002210050231.

Sommer, M. A. “The spatial relationship between scanning saccades and express saccades.” Vision Research 37, no. 19 (October 1997): 2745–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0042-6989(97)00078-3.

Sommer, M. A., and E. J. Tehovnik. “Reversible inactivation of macaque frontal eye field.” Experimental Brain Research 116, no. 2 (September 1997): 229–49. https://doi.org/10.1007/pl00005752.

Tehovnik, E. J., and M. A. Sommer. “Effective spread and timecourse of neural inactivation caused by lidocaine injection in monkey cerebral cortex.” Journal of Neuroscience Methods 74, no. 1 (June 1997): 17–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0165-0270(97)02229-2.

Tehovnik, E. J., and M. A. Sommer. “Compensatory saccades made to remembered targets following orbital displacement by electrically stimulating the dorsomedial frontal cortex or frontal eye fields of primates.” Brain Research 727, no. 1–2 (July 1996): 221–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-8993(96)00475-1.

Sommer, M. A. “Express saccades elicited during visual scan in the monkey.” Vision Research 34, no. 15 (August 1994): 2023–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/0042-6989(94)90030-2.