| Eye-head coordination in the guinea pig I. Responses to passive whole-body rotations. | |
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PMID: 20686891 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Vestibular reflexes act to stabilize the head and eyes in space during locomotion. Head stability is essential for postural control, whereas retinal image stability enhances visual acuity and may be essential for an animal to distinguish self-motion from that of an object in the environment. Guinea pig eye and head movements were measured during passive whole-body rotation in order to assess the efficacy of vestibular reflexes. The vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) produced compensatory eye movements with a latency of approximately 7 ms that compensated for 46% of head movement in the dark and only slightly more in the light (54%). Head movements, in response to abrupt body rotations, also contributed to retinal stability (21% in the dark; 25% in the light) but exhibited significant variability. Although compensatory eye velocity produced by the VOR was well correlated with head-in-space velocity, compensatory head-on-body speed and direction were variable and poorly correlated with body speed. The compensatory head movements appeared to be determined by passive biomechanical (e.g., inertial effects, initial tonus) and active mechanisms (the vestibulo-collic reflex or VCR). Chemically induced, bilateral lesions of the peripheral vestibular system abolished both compensatory head and eye movement responses. |
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Authors:
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N Shanidze; A H Kim; Y Raphael; W M King |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Date: 2010-08-05 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Experimental brain research. Experimentelle Hirnforschung. Expérimentation cérébrale Volume: 205 ISSN: 1432-1106 ISO Abbreviation: Exp Brain Res Publication Date: 2010 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-08-18 Completed Date: 2010-12-02 Revised Date: 2011-09-26 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0043312 Medline TA: Exp Brain Res Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 395-404 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. natela@umich.edu |
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Acceleration Animals Biomechanics Eye Movements / physiology* Guinea Pigs Head Movements / physiology* Male Neck / physiology Psychomotor Performance / physiology* Reflex, Stretch / physiology Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular / physiology Retina / physiology Rotation Vestibule, Labyrinth / physiology |
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P30 NDC005188-07//PHS HHS; R21 DC009293-02/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; R21-DC008607-01/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS; T32 DC000011-30/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS |
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