"Saccades" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An abrupt voluntary shift in ocular fixation from one point to another, as occurs in reading.
| Descriptor ID |
D012438
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G14.350.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Saccades- Saccades
- Saccade
- Saccadic Eye Movements
- Eye Movement, Saccadic
- Eye Movements, Saccadic
- Movement, Saccadic Eye
- Movements, Saccadic Eye
- Saccadic Eye Movement
- Pursuit, Saccadic
- Pursuits, Saccadic
- Saccadic Pursuit
- Saccadic Pursuits
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Saccades" by people in Profiles.
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Eye movements organize excitability state, information coding and network connectivity in the human hippocampus. Prog Neurobiol. 2025 Sep; 252:102812.
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Spatial modulation of hippocampal activity in freely moving macaques. Neuron. 2021 11 03; 109(21):3521-3534.e6.
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Environment-based object values learned by local network in the striatum tail. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 01 26; 118(4).
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Depth relationships and measures of tissue thickness in dorsal midbrain. Hum Brain Mapp. 2020 12 15; 41(18):5083-5096.
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Polar-angle representation of saccadic eye movements in human superior colliculus. Neuroimage. 2018 05 01; 171:199-208.
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Oculomotor executive function abnormalities with increased tic severity in Tourette syndrome. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2015 Feb; 56(2):193-202.
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Signal multiplexing and single-neuron computations in lateral intraparietal area during decision-making. J Neurosci. 2013 Feb 06; 33(6):2254-67.
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Robust representation of stable object values in the oculomotor Basal Ganglia. J Neurosci. 2012 Nov 21; 32(47):16917-32.
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What and where information in the caudate tail guides saccades to visual objects. J Neurosci. 2012 Aug 08; 32(32):11005-16.
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Reflexive and volitional saccades: biomarkers of Huntington disease severity and progression. J Neurol Sci. 2012 Feb 15; 313(1-2):35-41.