Is there nystagmus habituation to angular acceleration in man?
10 healthy volunteers, ranging in age from 20 to 30 years, were subjected to rotatory stimulation at 1 degree, 2 degrees and 4 degrees/s2 acceleration and deceleration, repeated four times at weekly intervals. Nystagmus was recorded with electronystagmography. Slow-phase velocity and the total numbers of nystagmic spikes were analyzed. There was no evidence for habituation in this experiment, which is in agreement with the majority of previous publications.
D000054:Acceleration; D000328:Adult; D004584:Electronystagmography; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009760:Nystagmus, Physiologic; D012399:Rotation; D014726:Vestibular Nuclei / Q000502:physiology