PMID: 7370782May 12, 1980Paper

Electrophysiological correlates of the reversed postoptokinetic nystagmus in the rabbit: activity of vestibular and floccular neurons

Brain Research
V P NeverovJ Bures

Abstract

Unit activity changes accompanying the optokinetic nystagmus (OKN) and reversed postoptokinetic nystagmus (RPN) in the rabbit were examined in 180 vestibular and floccular neurons. After initial charging of the RPN generator by 60-min optokinetic stimulation, a sequence of 1-min optokinetic stimulation (OKN) followed by 1-min darkness (RPN) and 1-min illumination of the stationary optokinetic drum (L), was cycled while corresponding unit activity changes were recorded during 3--5 cycles and evaluated with a computer. About 50% of vestibular neurons (type A) increased their activity during OKN and/or decreased it during RPN with respect to the L period, whereas 24% (type B) reached in a reciprocal manner. The remaining neurons were either unaffected or responded in an atypical way. Most floccular neurons (75%) were activated during ipsilateral optokinetic stimulation, but were not significantly affected by RPN. It is suggested that the neural trace of RPN develops in the vestibular complex and vestibulocerebellum as a part of the process compensating for the effect of continued optokinetic stimulation.

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