Dynamic modulation of ocular orientation during visually guided saccades and smooth-pursuit eye movements

Bernhard J.M. Hess, Dora E. Angelaki

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Abstract

Rotational disturbances of the head about an off-vertical yaw axis induce a complex vestibuloocular reflex pattern that reflects the brain's estimate of head angular velocity as well as its estimate of instantaneous head orientation (at a reduced scale) in space coordinates. We show that semicircular canal and otolith inputs modulate torsional and, to a certain extent, also vertical ocular orientation of visually guided saccades and smooth-pursuit eye movements in a similar manner as during off-vertical axis rotations in complete darkness. It is suggested that this graviceptive control of eye orientation facilitates rapid visual spatial orientation during motion.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)132-141
Number of pages10
JournalAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Volume1004
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003

Keywords

  • Counterroll
  • Eye movements
  • Listing's plane
  • Monkey
  • Oculomotor
  • Vestibular
  • Vestibuloocular

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Neuroscience(all)
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
  • History and Philosophy of Science

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