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Vestibular nuclei activity during optokinetic after-nystagmus (OKAN) in the alert monkey.

Experimental brain research ·Vol. 30 ·No. 2-3 ·1977-11-24 ·Pages 323-30

Waespe W, Henn V

Abstract

Neurons which receive an input from the horizontal semicircular canals were recorded from the vestibular nuclei in chronically prepared monkeys (Macaca mulatta) during optokinetic after-nystagmus (OKAN). In complete darkness the vestibular neurons showed activity changes which closely paralleled the strength of nystagmus. The activity of vestibular units returned to baseline levels of spontaneous discharge only when all after-nystagmus had ceased, or when it was inhibited by stationary visual stimuli. The possible role of vestibular neurons in the generation of OKAN and its significance in vestibulo-visual interaction is discussed.

MeSH Terms
Animals Darkness Eye Movements Haplorhini Macaca mulatta Motion Perception Neurons/physiology Neurons, Afferent/physiology Photic Stimulation Rotation Vestibular Nuclei/physiology Visual Perception/physiology Wakefulness
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Waespe W
Henn V
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Article Info
Journal
Experimental brain research
Abbr.
Exp Brain Res
ISSN
0014-4819
DOI
10.1007/BF00237259
Published
1977-11-24
Pages
323-30
Language
English
Region
Germany
NLM ID
0043312
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF00237259 View journal details
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