Publications

Sommer, Marc A., and Robert H. Wurtz. “Visual perception and corollary discharge.” Perception 37, no. 3 (January 2008): 408–18. https://doi.org/10.1068/p5873.

Crapse, Trinity B., and Marc A. Sommer. “The frontal eye field as a prediction map.” Progress in Brain Research 171 (January 2008): 383–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0079-6123(08)00656-0.

Sommer, Marc A. “Microcircuits for attention.” Neuron 55, no. 1 (July 2007): 6–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2007.06.022.

Sommer, Marc A. “The feeling of looking.” Nature Neuroscience 10, no. 5 (May 2007): 538–40. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0507-538.

Sommer, Marc A., and Robert H. Wurtz. “Influence of the thalamus on spatial visual processing in frontal cortex.” Nature 444, no. 7117 (November 2006): 374–77. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05279.

Wurtz, R. H., and M. A. Sommer. “A corollary discharge for perceptual stability.” PERCEPTION 35 (January 1, 2006): 10–11.

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.” Progress in Brain Research 144 (January 2004): 47–60. 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.” In Progress in Brain Research, 47–60. Elsevier, 2004. 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.