Directional asymmetries of optokinetic nystagmus: developmental changes and relation to the accessory optic system and to the vestibular system
Directional asymmetries of optokinetic nystagmus: developmental changes and relation to the accessory optic system and to the vestibular system
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视动眼球震颤的方向不对称:发育变化以及与辅助视神经系统和前庭系统的关系
DOI:
10.1523/jneurosci.05-02-00317.1985
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发表时间:
1985
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Jose Velez
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作者:
Josh Wallman 'and;Jose Velez
To investigate the relation of the directional organization of the accessory optic system (AOS) to that of its principal behavioral output, optokinetic nystagmus (OKN), we measured the eye velocity during OKN in response to 14 directions of stimulus motion, including horizontal, vertical, cyclorotational (rotations about the optic axis), and intermediate directions in both neonatal and older chickens. We found substantial and consistent OKN asymmetries between opposite directions of stimulus motion when the stimuli were viewed monocularly; the asymmetries were largest to combinations of cyclorotational and vertical stimulus motion and to horizontal stimulus motion. The highest gain of OKN in the older animals was in response to two directions of stimulus motion: horizontal temporal-to-nasal and a combination of excyclorotation and downward. In addition, OKN to upward moving stimuli was consistently better than to downward stimuli. The association of high OKN gain in the older animals with the pattern of visual motion produced by head movements exciting the contralateral anterior semicircular canal suggests a possible vestibular organization of the optokinetic system. The response pattern of the newly hatched chickens differed in three ways from that of the older animals: in the non- horizontal stimulus directions the best direction was to upward and excyclorotational stimulus motion; the horizontal asymmetry was somewhat less strong; and the OKN gain to high velocity horizontal stimulus motion was lower. The change in directional pattern of OKN over the first weeks of life appears related to a corresponding change in anatomy of the AOS.
影响因子:
1.8
作者:
Rottach, KG;Von Maydell, RG;Leigh, RJ
通讯作者:
Leigh, RJ