Transient focal inactivation of the primary visual cortex abolishes saccadic inhibition
Tatiana Malevich, Yue Yu, Matthias Philipp Baumann, Xiyao Yu, Tong Zhang, Masatoshi Yoshida, Tadashi Isa, Ziad M. Hafed
This study shows that transient inactivation of the primary visual cortex eliminates visually-driven saccadic inhibition, highlighting the dominance of the geniculostriate pathway in this reflex.
bioRxiv · Mar 10, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience