[Responses of neurons of the caudate nucleus of the cat during activation of attention by visual objects].

Responses of caudate neurons to visual objects attracting attention to a target were studied in cats. The obtained responses were compared with those to local light stimuli exposed in the visual field during fixation of the gaze. Responses to single and repeated applications of the stimuli caused by both kinds of visual stimulation differed in their latencies and patterns. This permits supposing two different manners of visual activation of caudate neurons.