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Ocular movements of naive and adapted cats were recorded by classical electronystagmography techniques during: (1) sinusoidal vestibular stimulation, (2) sinusoidal optokinetic stimulation, (3) sinusoidal additive visual-vestibular stimulation, and (4) sinusoidal conflicting visual-vestibular stimulation.
Adaptation of the horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) was produced in adult cats by sustained combined sinusoidal rotation of the cat and its surroundings (fixed-field conditions). This procedure was applied for four hours for four consecutive days. On the fifth day the VOR in darkness, the OKR, the VOR in the light and the visual suppression of the VOR were studied. VOR gain decreased from day to day and some relative frequency-specificity emerged. The gain of the visually inhibited VOR also diminished after training. This change was also frequency-specific. OKN gain, tested by a set of sinusoidal rotations, was found to be virtually unchanged.
In the naive cat, VOR modified by the visual stimulus (fixed or moving) could be computed by an algebraic summation of the VOR and OKR eye movement compensations. After training, the gain of the VOR in situations where the VOR was interacting with the OKR remained easily predictable by the algebraic summation of the isolated VOR and OKR compensations.
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Godaux, E., Halleux, J. & Gobert, C. Adaptive change of the vestibulo-ocular reflex in the cat: The effects of a long-term frequency-selective procedure. Exp Brain Res 49, 28–34 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00235538
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