Asymmetry of vestibulo-ocular reflex in the cat.
Vertical eye movements were recorded in alert, restrained cats that were subjected to whole-body rotations which stimulated the vertical semicircular canals. The results showed a significant asymmetry between the upward and downward slow-phase eye movements, which suggests differences in the CNS processing of vertical canal inputs vis-á-vis the vestibulo-ocular reflex.
D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D004585:Electrooculography; D009760:Nystagmus, Physiologic; D012665:Semicircular Canals / Q000502:physiology