Gaze Stabilization and the VOR

E. M. Klier; D. E. Angelaki

doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-045396-5.00160-3

Gaze Stabilization and the VOR

E. M. Klier, D. E. Angelaki

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The vestibulo-ocular reflexes (VORs) serve to keep our image of the world stable as we move. This is accomplished by using signals about head motion from the vestibular apparatus of the inner ear to produce compensatory eye movements that are equal in amplitude and opposite in direction. The semicircular canals detect head rotations, whereas the otolith organs detect head translations and re-orientations relative to gravity. The system is remarkably plastic and can quickly learn to change its output under different sensory and motor conditions. The simplicity and flexibility of the VOR have made it an ideal sensorimotor system to study.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience, Three-Volume Set, 1-3
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	V1-569-V1-575
Volume	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9780080453965
ISBN (Print)	9780080914558
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-045396-5.00160-3
State	Published - Jan 1 2010

Keywords

Cerebellum
Eye
Image stabilization
Neural integrator
Nystagmus
Optic flow
Otolith organs
Retina
Rotational vestibulo-ocular reflex
Semicircular canals
Translational vestibulo-ocular reflex
Vergence
Vestibular nucleus

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Medicine
General Neuroscience

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