TY - JOUR
T1 - Inertial vestibular coding of motion
T2 - Concepts and evidence
AU - Hess, Bernhard J.M.
AU - Angelaki, Dora E.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors’ work IF wpportcd by rhc SWISS National Science Foundation (grant .il.J7?X7.%) co BJhl Hess and by the National Eye Inxicutc (EY10851). National Aeronautics and Space Adminisration (NAG\!‘-4377). and the Fur ITorcc Office of Scientific
PY - 1997/12
Y1 - 1997/12
N2 - Central processing of inertial sensory information about head attitude and motion in space is crucial for motor control. Vestibular signals are coded relative to a non-inertial system, the head, that is virtually continuously in motion. Evidence for transformation of vestibular signals from head-fixed sensory coordinates to gravity-centered coordinates have been provided by studies of the vestibule-ocular reflex. The underlying central processing depends on otolith afferent information that needs to be resolved in terms of head translation related inertial forces and head attitude dependent pull of gravity. Theoretical solutions have been suggested, but experimental evidence is still scarce. It appears, along these lines, that gaze control systems are intimately linked to motor control of head attitude and posture.
AB - Central processing of inertial sensory information about head attitude and motion in space is crucial for motor control. Vestibular signals are coded relative to a non-inertial system, the head, that is virtually continuously in motion. Evidence for transformation of vestibular signals from head-fixed sensory coordinates to gravity-centered coordinates have been provided by studies of the vestibule-ocular reflex. The underlying central processing depends on otolith afferent information that needs to be resolved in terms of head translation related inertial forces and head attitude dependent pull of gravity. Theoretical solutions have been suggested, but experimental evidence is still scarce. It appears, along these lines, that gaze control systems are intimately linked to motor control of head attitude and posture.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0959-4388(97)80147-X
DO - 10.1016/S0959-4388(97)80147-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 9464977
AN - SCOPUS:0031449118
SN - 0959-4388
VL - 7
SP - 860
EP - 866
JO - Current Opinion in Neurobiology
JF - Current Opinion in Neurobiology
IS - 6
ER -