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Three Dimensional Vestibular Ocular Reflex Testing Using a Six Degrees of Freedom Motion Platform
Published on: May 23, 2013
Signal processing in the vestibulo-ocular reflex
1Late Professor of Ophthalmology, Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Abstract:
In this chapter, Robinson develops models to account for the neural control of the vestibulo-ocular reflex in response to horizontal and vertical head rotations. By combining knowledge of the discharge properties of the several subpopulations of neurons that contribute to vestibular eye movements with their known anatomical connections, these models seek to explain how specific signals are combined to enable the ocular motoneurons to program vestibular eye movements that compensate for head perturbations. Details such as the integration of raw vestibular signals, differences in the neuronal processing for vertical versus horizontal reflexes, and the role of individual pathways such as the medial longitudinal fasciculus are discussed.
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