title: [The effect of lateral inclinations upon optokinetic and postoptokinetic nystagmus in pigeons].
abstract: Optokinetic stimulation with the angle velocity 10 degrees/s was carried out in pigeons in differently bent postures. No difference in effects of dynamic and static inclinations upon optokinetic and postoptokinetic nystagmus was found. Neither any rigid connection was found between the inclination direction and the sign of the response change. The data obtained are at variance with the hypothesis of gravity-dependent changes of the "velocity accumulator" time constant as the only cause of changes in the optokinetic and postoptokinetic responses under conditions of dynamic or static inclinations.
authors.forename: Iu K
authors.initials: IuK
authors.lastname: Stolbkov
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Orlov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D010856:Columbidae / Q000502:physiology*; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D017120:Nystagmus, Optokinetic / Q000502:physiology*; D010037:Otolithic Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*