title: Orientation of the eyes to gravitoinertial acceleration.
abstract: Orientation of the eyes to gravitoinertial acceleration, i.e., to the sum of gravity and the linear accelerations acting on the head and body, is a basic property of the linear vestibulo-ocular reflex to support vision. Present in a wide range of species from the lateral-eyed rabbit to frontal-eyed monkeys and humans, the eyes deviate in pitch, roll and yaw in response to pitch, roll and yaw head movements. The eyes also converge in response to naso-occipital linear acceleration. This paper provides examples of ocular orientation generated by static tilt and off-vertical axis rotation in three dimensions and demonstrates specifically how vergence would support vision in the rabbit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA. bernard.cohen@mssm.edu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maruta
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Raphan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005133:Eye Movements; D006112:Gravitation; D006801:Humans; D013045:Species Specificity