scholarly journals Beyond the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex: Vestibular Input is Processed Centrally to Achieve Visual Stability

Vision ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Edwin Dalmaijer
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin S. Dalmaijer

AbstractThe current study presents a re-analysis of data from Zink et al. (1998, Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 107), who administered galvanic vestibular stimulation through unipolar direct current. They placed electrodes on each mastoid, and applied both right and left anodal stimulation. Ocular torsion and visual tilt were measured under different stimulation intensities. New modelling introduced here demonstrates that directly proportional linear models fit reasonably well to the relationship between vestibular input and visual tilt, but not to that between vestibular input and ocular torsion. Instead, an exponential model characterised by a decreasing slope and an asymptote fitted best. These results demonstrate that in the results presented by Zink et al., ocular torsion could not completely account for visual tilt. This suggests that vestibular input is processed centrally to stabilise vision when ocular torsion is insufficient. Potential mechanisms and seemingly conflicting literature are discussed.


2013 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 156-162
Author(s):  
Yumiko O. Kato ◽  
Koshi Mikami ◽  
Yasuhiro Miyamoto ◽  
Shoji Watanabe ◽  
Izumi Koizuka

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 100488
Author(s):  
Adam Pantanowitz ◽  
Kimoon Kim ◽  
Chelsey Chewins ◽  
Isabel N.K. Tollman ◽  
David M. Rubin

Author(s):  
Raymond van de Berg ◽  
Nils Guinand ◽  
T. A. Khoa Nguyen ◽  
Maurizio Ranieri ◽  
Samuel Cavuscens ◽  
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