Utter, A.A., and Basso, M.A. (2008). The basal ganglia: an overview of circuits and function. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 32:333-342.

Basso, M.A., Ulrich, D., and Bickford, M.E. (2005).  Cortical function:  a view from the thalamus.  Neuron 45:485-488.
 

Basso, M.A. (2001). Target Probability Modulates Neuronal Activity in the Primate Saccadic System. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference -IEEE-EMBS October 25-28, 2001.

Wurtz, R. H., Basso M. A., Paré M., and Sommer, M. A.  (2000). The superior colliculus and the cognitive control of movement.  In Gazzaniga M. S. (Ed.), The New Cognitive Neurosciences, Second Edition (pp. 573-587). Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

Kim, B., and Basso, M.A. (2008). Saccade target selection: A signal detection theory approach. In Press: Journal of Neuroscience.

Basso, M.A., and Liu, P. (2007). Context-dependent effects of substantia nigra stimulation on eye movements. Journal of Neurophysiology, 97(6):4129-4142.

Wark, H.A.., Garell, P.C., Walker, A.,L. and Basso, M.A. (2007). Fixation instability in Parkinson’s disease and deep brain stimulation: a case report. In Press: Journal of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Smith, J.J., Hadzic, V., Li, X., Liu, P., Day, T.J., Utter, A.A., Kim, B.H., Washington, I.M. and Basso, M.A.  (2006). Objective measures of health and well-being in laboratory Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). The Journal of Medical Primatology, 35(6):388-396.

Li, X., Kim, B., and Basso, M.A. (2006). Transient pauses in delay-period activity of superior colliculus neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology, 95(4): 2252-2264.

Li, X. and Basso, M.A.  (2005).  Competitive stimulus interactions within single response fields of superior colliculus neurons.  Journal of Neuroscience  25(49):11357-11373.

Basso, M.A., Pokorny, J.J., and Liu, P.  (2005).  Activity of substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons during smooth pursuit eye movements.  European Journal of Neuroscience 22(2):448-464.

Williamson, S.S., Zivotofsky, A.Z., and Basso, M.A. (2005). Modulation of Gaze-Evoked Blinks Depends Primarily on Extraretinal Factors. Journal of Neurophysiology 93:627-632.

Basso, M.A. and Wurtz, R.H.(2002). Neuronal activity in substantia nigra par reticulata during target selection.Journal of Neuroscience 22(5):1883-1894.

Basso, M.A., Krauzlis, R.J., and Wurtz, R.H. (2000). Activation and inactivation of the rostral superior colliculus during smooth-pursuit eye movements in monkeys. Journal of Neurophysiology 84:892-908.

Krauzlis, R.J., Basso, M.A., and Wurtz, R.H. (2000). Discharge properties of neurons in the rostral superior colliculus of the monkey during smooth pursuit eye movements. Journal of Neurophysiology 84:876-891.

Basso, M.A. (1998).  Cognitive set and oculomotor control. Neuron 21:665-668.

Basso, M.A. and Wurtz, R.H. (1998). Modulation of neuronal activity in superior colliculus by changes in target probability. Journal of Neuroscience 18(18):7519-7534.

Basso, M.A. and Wurtz, R.H. (1997). Modulation of neuronal activity by target uncertainty. Nature 389:66-69.

Krauzlis, R.J., Basso, M.A., and Wurtz, R.H. (1997). Shared motor error for multiple movements. Science 276:1693-1695.
 

Gnadt, J.W., Lu, S.M., Breznen, B., Basso, M.A., Henriquez, V.M., and Evinger, C. (1997). Influence of the superior colliculus on the primate blink reflex. Experimental Brain Research 116:389-398.
 

Schicatano, E.J., Basso, M.A., and Evinger, C. (1997). An animal model explains the origins of cranial dystonia benign essential blepharospasm. Journal of Neurophysiology 77:2842-2846.
 

Powers, A.S., Schicatano, E.J., Basso, M.A., and Evinger, C. (1997). To blink or not to blink: inhibition and facilitation of reflex blinks. Experimental Brain Research 113:283-290.
 

Basso, M.A. and Evinger, C. (1996). An explanation for the blink reflex hyperexcitability in Parkinson’s disease: II. the nucleus raphe magnus.  Journal of Neuroscience 16(22): 7318-7330.
 

Basso, M.A., Powers, A.S., and Evinger, C. (1996). An explanation for the blink reflex hyperexcitability in Parkinson’s disease: I. the superior collicus. Journal of Neuroscience 16(22):7308-7317.

Evinger, C., Manning, K.A., Pelegrini, J.J., Basso, M.A., Powers, A.S., and Sibony, P. (1994). Not looking while leaping: the linkage of blinking and saccadic gaze shifts. Experimental Brain Research 100:337-344.
 

Basso, M.A., Strecker, R.E., and Evinger, C. (1993). Midbrain 6-hydroxydopamine lesions modulate the excitability of the blink reflex. Experimental Brain Research 94:88-96.
 

Evinger, C., Basso, M.A., Manning, K.A., Sibony, P., Horn, A.J., and Pellegrini, J.J.(1993). A role for the basal ganglia in nicotinic modulation of the blink reflex.  Experimental Brain Research 92:507-516.