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A competition framework for fixation-preference in strabismus.

Santoshi Ramachandran¹, Vallabh E Das¹

¹College of Optometry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States.

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|November 3, 2023

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Strabismic monkeys use a competitive brain framework to choose which eye fixates on a target. This superior colliculus (SC) neural activity reveals how the brain resolves competing visual signals in strabismus.

Keywords:

exotropia localization nonhuman primates saccade strabismus superior colliculus suppression

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Ophthalmology
Computational Neuroscience

Background:

Strabismus, or eye misalignment, often leads to a fixation preference, where individuals consistently use one eye over the other.
Fixation preference in strabismus is known to vary with target location, suggesting complex oculomotor control mechanisms.
Existing models propose that the brain must choose between competing retinal errors to direct eye movements in strabismic individuals.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the neural basis of fixation preference in strabismus using a competitive decision framework.
To examine the role of the superior colliculus (SC) in processing competing visual signals for eye-choice.
To determine if a competition framework can explain oculomotor fixation preference in strabismus.

Main Methods:

Recorded visuo-motor neuron activity in the superior colliculus (SC) of two strabismic rhesus macaque monkeys.
Monkeys performed a delayed saccade task under binocular viewing conditions with eccentric targets.
Manipulated target locations to correspond with receptive fields of either the viewing or deviated eye.

Main Results:

Observed robust visual sensory responses to targets at both viewing and deviated eye receptive field locations, indicating competing signals.
Found greater visual and build-up activity in SC neurons when the saccade encoded by the neuron 'won' at fixation-switching locations.
Demonstrated evidence of visual suppression within SC sensory activity.

Conclusions:

Findings support a competition framework for explaining fixation-preference behavior in strabismus.
The superior colliculus (SC) plays a role in processing competing sensory information to drive eye-choice.
This competition framework may be a general mechanism for target selection in both aligned and misaligned vision.