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Journal of Neurophysiology, Vol 71, Issue 3 1222-1249, Copyright © 1994 by APS
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D. E. Angelaki and B. J. Hess
Department of Neurology, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
1. The spatial organization of the vestibuloocular reflex (VOR) was studied in six rhesus monkeys by applying fast, short-lasting, passive head and body tilts immediately after constant-velocity rotation (+/- 90 degrees/s) about an earth-vertical axis. Two alternative hypotheses were investigated regarding the reference frame used for coding angular motion. 1) If the vestibular system is organized in head-centered coordinates, postrotatory eye velocity would decay invariably along the direction of applied head angular acceleration. 2) Alternatively, if the vestibular system codes angular motion in inertial, gravity-centered coordinates, postrotatory eye velocity would decay along the direction of gravity. 2. Horizontal VOR was studied with the monkeys upright. Pitch (roll) tilts away from upright elicited a transient vertical (torsional) VOR and shortened the time constant of the horizontal postrotatory slow phase velocity. In addition, an orthogonal torsional (after pitch tilts) or vertical (after roll tilts) response gradually built up. As a result, the eye velocity vector transiently deviated in the roll (pitch) plane and then gradually rotated in the same direction as gravity in the pitch (roll) head plane until the orthogonal component reached a peak value. Subsequently, the residual postrotatory eye velocity decayed along a line parallel to gravity. 3. The time constant of the horizontal postrotatory response was maximal in upright position (21.5 +/- 5.7 s, mean +/- SD) and minimal after tilts to prone (3.8 +/- 0.7 s), supine (4.5 +/- 1.2 s), and ear-down (5.2 +/- 1.6 s) positions. A similar dependence on head orientation relative to gravity characterized the dynamics of the resultant eye velocity vector in the pitch and roll planes. 4. Torsional VOR was studied with the monkeys in supine or prone position. Pitch (yaw) tilts from the supine or prone position toward upright (ear-down) position elicited a transient vertical (horizontal) VOR and shortened the time constant of the torsional postrotatory response while a horizontal (vertical) orthogonal component slowly built up. As a result the eye velocity vector gradually rotated in the pitch (yaw) plane until the orthogonal component reached a peak value. Subsequently residual postrotatory eye velocity decayed along a line parallel to gravity. 5. The time constant of the torsional postrotatory response in supine/prone positions was 16.5 +/- 6.8 s. After tilts from supine/prone positions toward upright position, time constants decreased and were minimal after tilts to upright position (2.7 +/- 0.7 s).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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