POST-ROTATORY NYSTAGMUS AND OPTOKINETIC AFTER-NYSTAGMUS IN THE RABBIT LINEAR RATHER THAN EXPONENTIAL DECAY
POST-ROTATORY NYSTAGMUS AND OPTOKINETIC AFTER-NYSTAGMUS IN THE RABBIT LINEAR RATHER THAN EXPONENTIAL DECAY
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00237798
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
2
通讯作者:
VANDERSTEEN, J
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作者:
COLLEWIJN, H;WINTERSON, BJ;VANDERSTEEN, J
The decay of the slow phase velocity of post-rotatory (PRN) and optokinetic (OKAN) after-nystagmus as a function of time was measured in Dutch rabbits after stimulation with velocity steps of 30, 60 and 150.degree./s. The decays fitted linear functions very well, but only poorly fitted exponential ones. Typical decay rates were 2-5.degree./s2, with apparent time constants (defined by decay to 37% of initial velocity) in the order of 10-20 s. Within 1 animal the decays of OKAN and PRN with similar initial velocities were indistinguishable. With sinusoidal oscillation the time constant of the vestibulo-ocular reflex, estimated from phase lead, was only 2-3 s. This was probably similar to the cupular time constant. Time constants usually increased when eye velocities increased. The vestibulo-ocular reflex of the rabbit apparently behaves as a non-linear system. A velocity storage system with a constant discharge rate is postulated as a main non-linear element. This introduces a linear decay of velocity and a threshold for velocity. This storage system is common to vestibulo-ocular and optokinetic reflexes.