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David L. Sparks - Publications

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Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 
Area:
Oculomotor system

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2009 Anderson SR, Porrill J, Sklavos S, Gandhi NJ, Sparks DL, Dean P. Dynamics of primate oculomotor plant revealed by effects of abducens microstimulation. Journal of Neurophysiology. 101: 2907-23. PMID 19297512 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.91045.2008  0.734
2008 Gandhi NJ, Barton EJ, Sparks DL. Coordination of eye and head components of movements evoked by stimulation of the paramedian pontine reticular formation. Experimental Brain Research. 189: 35-47. PMID 18458891 DOI: 10.1007/S00221-008-1401-1  0.85
2007 Gandhi NJ, Sparks DL. Dissociation of eye and head components of gaze shifts by stimulation of the omnipause neuron region. Journal of Neurophysiology. 98: 360-73. PMID 17493925 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.00252.2007  0.828
2007 Hu X, Jiang H, Gu C, Li C, Sparks DL. Reliability of oculomotor command signals carried by individual neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 104: 8137-42. PMID 17470812 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0702799104  0.822
2006 Sparks DL, Hu X. Saccade initiation and the reliability of motor signals involved in the generation of saccadic eye movements. Novartis Foundation Symposium. 270: 75-88; discussion 88. PMID 16649709 DOI: 10.1002/9780470034989.ch7  0.78
2005 Sparks DL. An argument for using ethologically "natural" behaviors as estimates of unobservable sensory processes. Focus on "Sound localization performance in the cat: the effect of restraining the head". Journal of Neurophysiology. 93: 1136-7. PMID 15738271 DOI: 10.1152/jn.01109.2004  0.609
2005 Walton MM, Sparks DL, Gandhi NJ. Simulations of saccade curvature by models that place superior colliculus upstream from the local feedback loop. Journal of Neurophysiology. 93: 2354-8. PMID 15615826 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.01199.2004  0.839
2004 Goffart L, Chen LL, Sparks DL. Deficits in saccades and fixation during muscimol inactivation of the caudal fastigial nucleus in the rhesus monkey. Journal of Neurophysiology. 92: 3351-67. PMID 15229212 DOI: 10.1152/jn.01199.2003  0.857
2003 Goffart L, Chen LL, Sparks DL. Saccade dysmetria during functional perturbation of the caudal fastigial nucleus in the monkey. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1004: 220-8. PMID 14662461 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1303.019  0.855
2003 Sparks DL, Gandhi NJ. Single cell signals: an oculomotor perspective. Progress in Brain Research. 142: 35-53. PMID 12693253 DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(03)42005-0  0.689
2003 Barton EJ, Nelson JS, Gandhi NJ, Sparks DL. Effects of partial lidocaine inactivation of the paramedian pontine reticular formation on saccades of macaques. Journal of Neurophysiology. 90: 372-86. PMID 12611984 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.01041.2002  0.849
2002 Sparks DL. The brainstem control of saccadic eye movements. Nature Reviews. Neuroscience. 3: 952-64. PMID 12461552 DOI: 10.1038/nrn986  0.587
2002 Sparks DL, Barton EJ, Gandhi NJ, Nelson J. Studies of the role of the paramedian pontine reticular formation in the control of head-restrained and head-unrestrained gaze shifts. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 956: 85-98. PMID 11960796 DOI: 10.1111/J.1749-6632.2002.Tb02811.X  0.845
2001 Sparks DL, Freedman EG, Chen LL, Gandhi NJ. Cortical and subcortical contributions to coordinated eye and head movements. Vision Research. 41: 3295-305. PMID 11718774 DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(01)00063-3  0.829
2001 Gandhi NJ, Sparks DL. Experimental control of eye and head positions prior to head-unrestrained gaze shifts in monkey. Vision Research. 41: 3243-54. PMID 11718770 DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(01)00054-2  0.801
2001 Barton EJ, Sparks DL. Saccades to remembered targets exhibit enhanced orbital position effects in monkeys. Vision Research. 41: 2393-406. PMID 11459595 DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(01)00130-4  0.771
2001 Chen LL, Goffart L, Sparks DL. A simple method for measuring EEG in freely moving guinea pigs Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 107: 125-130. PMID 11389949 DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(01)00358-2  0.596
2001 Chen LL, Goffart L, Sparks DL. A simple method for constructing microinjectrodes for reversible inactivation in behaving monkeys. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 107: 81-5. PMID 11389944 DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(01)00354-5  0.762
2001 Sparks D. The Brain's Sense of Movement Physiology & Behavior. 72: 449-451. DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00415-7  0.393
2000 Sparks D, Rohrer WH, Zhang Y. The role of the superior colliculus in saccade initiation: A study of express saccades and the gap effect Vision Research. 40: 2763-2777. PMID 10960650 DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(00)00133-4  0.657
2000 Freedman EG, Sparks DL. Coordination of the eyes and head: movement kinematics. Experimental Brain Research. 131: 22-32. PMID 10759168 DOI: 10.1007/S002219900296  0.815
1999 Sparks DL. Conceptual issues related to the role of the superior colliculus in the control of gaze. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 9: 698-707. PMID 10607648 DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(99)00039-2  0.618
1997 Freedman EG, Sparks DL. Activity of cells in the deeper layers of the superior colliculus of the rhesus monkey: evidence for a gaze displacement command. Journal of Neurophysiology. 78: 1669-90. PMID 9310452 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.1997.78.3.1669  0.816
1997 Freedman EG, Sparks DL. Eye-head coordination during head-unrestrained gaze shifts in rhesus monkeys. Journal of Neurophysiology. 77: 2328-48. PMID 9163361 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.1997.77.5.2328  0.812
1996 Nichols MJ, Sparks DL. Independent feedback control of horizontal and vertical amplitude during oblique saccades evoked by electrical stimulation of the superior colliculus. Journal of Neurophysiology. 76: 4080-93. PMID 8985902  0.577
1996 Stanford TR, Freedman EG, Sparks DL. Site and parameters of microstimulation: evidence for independent effects on the properties of saccades evoked from the primate superior colliculus. Journal of Neurophysiology. 76: 3360-81. PMID 8930279 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.1996.76.5.3360  0.819
1996 Freedman EG, Stanford TR, Sparks DL. Combined eye-head gaze shifts produced by electrical stimulation of the superior colliculus in rhesus monkeys. Journal of Neurophysiology. 76: 927-52. PMID 8871209 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.1996.76.2.927  0.827
1996 Nichols MJ, Sparks DL. Component stretching during oblique stimulation-evoked saccades: the role of the superior colliculus. Journal of Neurophysiology. 76: 582-600. PMID 8836246  0.525
1996 Nichols MJ, Sparks DL. Component stretching during oblique stimulation-evoked saccades: the role of the superior colliculus. Journal of Neurophysiology. 76: 582-600. PMID 8836246  0.525
1996 Groh JM, Sparks DL. Saccades to somatosensory targets. III. eye-position-dependent somatosensory activity in primate superior colliculus. Journal of Neurophysiology. 75: 439-53. PMID 8822569 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.1996.75.1.439  0.809
1996 Groh JM, Sparks DL. Saccades to somatosensory targets. II. motor convergence in primate superior colliculus. Journal of Neurophysiology. 75: 428-38. PMID 8822568 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.1996.75.1.428  0.813
1996 Groh JM, Sparks DL. Saccades to somatosensory targets. I. behavioral characteristics. Journal of Neurophysiology. 75: 412-27. PMID 8822567 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.1996.75.1.412  0.804
1996 Kalesnykas RP, Sparks DL. The primate superior colliculus and the control of saccadic eye movements Neuroscientist. 2: 284-292.  0.589
1996 Kalesnykas RP, Sparks DL. The primate superior colliculus and the control of saccadic eye movements Neuroscientist. 2: 284-292.  0.589
1995 Nichols MJ, Sparks DL. Nonstationary properties of the saccadic system: new constraints on models of saccadic control. Journal of Neurophysiology. 73: 431-5. PMID 7714588  0.545
1995 Nichols MJ, Sparks DL. Nonstationary properties of the saccadic system: new constraints on models of saccadic control. Journal of Neurophysiology. 73: 431-5. PMID 7714588  0.545
1994 Stanford TR, Sparks DL. Systematic errors for saccades to remembered targets: evidence for a dissociation between saccade metrics and activity in the superior colliculus. Vision Research. 34: 93-106. PMID 8116272 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(94)90260-7  0.767
1994 White JM, Sparks DL, Stanford TR. Saccades to remembered target locations: an analysis of systematic and variable errors. Vision Research. 34: 79-92. PMID 8116271 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(94)90259-3  0.718
1993 Glimcher PW, Sparks DL. Effects of low-frequency stimulation of the superior colliculus on spontaneous and visually guided saccades. Journal of Neurophysiology. 69: 953-64. PMID 8463820 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.1993.69.3.953  0.764
1993 Rohrer WH, Sparks DL. Express saccades: the effects of spatial and temporal uncertainty. Vision Research. 33: 2447-60. PMID 8249325 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(93)90125-G  0.563
1993 Rohrer WH, Sparks DL. Express saccades: the effects of spatial and temporal uncertainty. Vision Research. 33: 2447-60. PMID 8249325 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(93)90125-G  0.563
1993 Glimcher PW, Sparks DL. Representation of averaging saccades in the superior colliculus of the monkey. Experimental Brain Research. 95: 429-35. PMID 8224068 DOI: 10.1007/BF00227135  0.802
1993 Sparks DL, Barton EJ. Neural control of saccadic eye movements. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 3: 966-72. PMID 8124081 DOI: 10.1016/0959-4388(93)90169-Y  0.795
1992 Glimcher PW, Sparks DL. Movement selection in advance of action in the superior colliculus. Nature. 355: 542-5. PMID 1741032 DOI: 10.1038/355542a0  0.795
1992 Groh JM, Sparks DL. Two models for transforming auditory signals from head-centered to eye-centered coordinates. Biological Cybernetics. 67: 291-302. PMID 1515508 DOI: 10.1007/BF02414885  0.754
1991 Sparks DL. Sensori-motor integration in the primate superior colliculus Seminars in Neuroscience. 3: 39-50. DOI: 10.1016/1044-5765(91)90065-V  0.587
1990 May PJ, Hartwich-Young R, Nelson J, Sparks DL, Porter JD. Cerebellotectal pathways in the macaque: implications for collicular generation of saccades. Neuroscience. 36: 305-24. PMID 2215926 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(90)90428-7  0.309
1990 May PJ, Hartwich-Young R, Nelson J, Sparks DL, Porter JD. Cerebellotectal pathways in the macaque: implications for collicular generation of saccades. Neuroscience. 36: 305-24. PMID 2215926 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(90)90428-7  0.309
1990 Sparks DL, Mays LE. Signal transformations required for the generation of saccadic eye movements. Annual Review of Neuroscience. 13: 309-36. PMID 2183679 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ne.13.030190.001521  0.813
1990 Sparks DL, Lee C, Rohrer WH. Population coding of the direction, amplitude, and velocity of saccadic eye movements by neurons in the superior colliculus. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia On Quantitative Biology. 55: 805-11. PMID 2132856  0.701
1990 Hartwich-Young R, Nelson JS, Sparks DL. The perihypoglossal projection to the superior colliculus in the rhesus monkey. Visual Neuroscience. 4: 29-42. PMID 1702314 DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800002741  0.318
1990 Hartwich-Young R, Nelson JS, Sparks DL. The perihypoglossal projection to the superior colliculus in the rhesus monkey. Visual Neuroscience. 4: 29-42. PMID 1702314 DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800002741  0.318
1989 Sparks DL. The neural encoding of the location of targets for saccadic eye movements. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 146: 195-207. PMID 2689561  0.489
1989 Sparks DL. The neural encoding of the location of targets for saccadic eye movements. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 146: 195-207. PMID 2689561  0.489
1989 Sparks DL, Hartwich-Young R. The deep layers of the superior colliculus. Reviews of Oculomotor Research. 3: 213-55. PMID 2486324  0.447
1989 Sparks DL, Hartwich-Young R. The deep layers of the superior colliculus. Reviews of Oculomotor Research. 3: 213-55. PMID 2486324  0.447
1988 Lee C, Rohrer WH, Sparks DL. Population coding of saccadic eye movements by neurons in the superior colliculus. Nature. 332: 357-60. PMID 3352733 DOI: 10.1038/332357a0  0.723
1988 Sparks DL. Neural cartography: Sensory and motor maps in the superior colliculus Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 31: 49-56. PMID 3334905 DOI: 10.1159/000116575  0.354
1988 Sparks DL. Neural cartography: Sensory and motor maps in the superior colliculus Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 31: 49-56. PMID 3334905 DOI: 10.1159/000116575  0.459
1987 Sparks DL, Mays LE, Porter JD. Eye movements induced by pontine stimulation: interaction with visually triggered saccades. Journal of Neurophysiology. 58: 300-18. PMID 3655869 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.1987.58.2.300  0.837
1987 Jay MF, Sparks DL. Sensorimotor integration in the primate superior colliculus. II. Coordinates of auditory signals Journal of Neurophysiology. 57: 35-55. PMID 3559680 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.1987.57.1.35  0.583
1987 Jay MF, Sparks DL. Sensorimotor integration in the primate superior colliculus. II. Coordinates of auditory signals Journal of Neurophysiology. 57: 35-55. PMID 3559680  0.502
1987 Jay MF, Sparks DL. Sensorimotor integration in the primate superior colliculus. I. Motor convergence Journal of Neurophysiology. 57: 22-34. PMID 3559673 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.1987.57.1.22  0.612
1987 Jay MF, Sparks DL. Sensorimotor integration in the primate superior colliculus. I. Motor convergence Journal of Neurophysiology. 57: 22-34. PMID 3559673  0.538
1987 Sparks DL, Nelson IS. Sensory and motor maps in the mammalian superior colliculus Trends in Neurosciences. 10: 312-317. DOI: 10.1016/0166-2236(87)90085-3  0.452
1986 Sparks DL, Jay MF. The functional organization of the primate superior colliculus: A motor perspective Progress in Brain Research. 64: 235-241. PMID 3726145 DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)63418-4  0.444
1986 Sparks DL, Mays LE, Gurski MR, Hickey TL. Long- and short-term monocular deprivation in the rhesus monkey: effects on visual fields and optokinetic nystagmus. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 6: 1771-80. PMID 3712009  0.709
1986 Sparks DL. Translation of sensory signals into commands for control of saccacid eye movements: Role of primate superior colliculus Physiological Reviews. 66: 118-171. PMID 3511480 DOI: 10.1152/Physrev.1986.66.1.118  0.471
1986 Sparks DL. Translation of sensory signals into commands for control of saccacid eye movements: Role of primate superior colliculus Physiological Reviews. 66: 118-171. PMID 3511480  0.368
1984 Jay MF, Sparks DL. Auditory receptive fields in primate superior colliculus shift with changes in eye position Nature. 309: 345-347. PMID 6727988 DOI: 10.1038/309345a0  0.574
1984 Jay MF, Sparks DL. Auditory receptive fields in primate superior colliculus shift with changes in eye position Nature. 309: 345-347. PMID 6727988  0.492
1983 Sparks DL, Porter JD. Spatial localization of saccade targets. II. Activity of superior colliculus neurons preceeding compensatory saccades Journal of Neurophysiology. 49: 64-74. PMID 6827304 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.1983.49.1.64  0.704
1983 Sparks DL, Porter JD. Spatial localization of saccade targets. II. Activity of superior colliculus neurons preceeding compensatory saccades Journal of Neurophysiology. 49: 64-74. PMID 6827304  0.476
1983 Sparks DL, Mays LE. Spatial localization of saccade targets. I. Compensation for stimulation-induced perturbations in eye position. Journal of Neurophysiology. 49: 45-63. PMID 6827303 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.1983.49.1.45  0.824
1983 Guthrie BL, Porter JD, Sparks DL. Corollary discharge provides accurate eye position information to the oculomotor system Science. 221: 1193-1195. PMID 6612334 DOI: 10.1126/Science.6612334  0.558
1983 Guthrie BL, Porter JD, Sparks DL. Corollary discharge provides accurate eye position information to the oculomotor system Science. 221: 1193-1195. PMID 6612334  0.473
1983 Porter JD, Guthrie BL, Sparks DL. Innervation of monkey extraocular muscles: Localization of sensory and motor neurons by retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase Journal of Comparative Neurology. 218: 208-219. PMID 6604075 DOI: 10.1002/Cne.902180208  0.337
1980 Sparks DL, Mays LE. Movement fields of saccade-related burst neurons in the monkey superior colliculus. Brain Research. 190: 39-50. PMID 6769538 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(80)91158-0  0.815
1980 Mays LE, Sparks DL. Saccades are spatially, not retinocentrically, coded. Science (New York, N.Y.). 208: 1163-5. PMID 6769161 DOI: 10.1126/Science.6769161  0.832
1980 Mays LE, Sparks DL. Dissociation of visual and saccade-related responses in superior colliculus neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology. 43: 207-32. PMID 6766178 DOI: 10.1152/Jn.1980.43.1.207  0.807
1978 Sparks DL. Functional properties of neurons in the monkey superior colliculus: Coupling of neuronal activity and saccade onset Brain Research. 156: 1-16. PMID 100173 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(78)90075-6  0.56
1978 Sparks DL. Functional properties of neurons in the monkey superior colliculus: Coupling of neuronal activity and saccade onset Brain Research. 156: 1-16. PMID 100173 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(78)90075-6  0.631
1976 Sparks DL, Holland R, Guthrie BL. Size and distribution of movement fields in the monkey superior colliculus Brain Research. 113: 21-34. PMID 821585 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(76)90003-2  0.601
1976 Sparks DL, Holland R, Guthrie BL. Size and distribution of movement fields in the monkey superior colliculus Brain Research. 113: 21-34. PMID 821585 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(76)90003-2  0.524
1975 Sparks DL, Corssen G, Aizenman B, Black J. Further studies of the neural mechanisms of ketamine induced anesthesia in the rhesus monkey Anesthesia and Analgesia. 54: 189-195. PMID 1168426 DOI: 10.1213/00000539-197503000-00006  0.319
1975 Sparks DL. Response properties of eye movement-related neurons in the monkey superior colliculus Brain Research. 90: 147-152. PMID 1131686 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(75)90690-3  0.592
1975 Sparks DL. Response properties of eye movement-related neurons in the monkey superior colliculus Brain Research. 90: 147-152. PMID 1131686 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(75)90690-3  0.514
1975 Sparks DL, Holland R. Computer control of eye position and velocity Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation. 7: 115-119. DOI: 10.3758/BF03201308  0.613
1975 Sparks DL, Holland R. Computer control of eye position and velocity Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation. 7: 115-119. DOI: 10.3758/BF03201308  0.432
1974 Sparks DL, Sides JP. Brain stem unit activity related to horizontal eye movements occuring during visual tracking Brain Research. 77: 320-325. PMID 4211841 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(74)90795-1  0.56
1974 Sparks DL, Sides JP. Brain stem unit activity related to horizontal eye movements occuring during visual tracking Brain Research. 77: 320-325. PMID 4211841 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(74)90795-1  0.475
1971 Sparks DL, Travis RP. Firing patterns of reticular formation neurons during horizontal eye movements Brain Research. 33: 477-481. PMID 5002633 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(71)90120-X  0.588
1971 Sparks DL, Travis RP. Firing patterns of reticular formation neurons during horizontal eye movements Brain Research. 33: 477-481. PMID 5002633 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(71)90120-X  0.509
1968 Sparks DL, Travis RP. Patterns of reticular unit activity observed during the performance of a discriminative task Physiology and Behavior. 3: 961-967. DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(68)90184-4  0.404
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