Event Date:
Thursday, April 27th, 2017 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Speaker:
W. Michael King, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Faculty Mentor, Neuroscience Graduate Program/Host: Natela Shanidze
Abstract
Abstract:
Animals with binocular vision exhibit vergence eye position related changes in the gain of their vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) consistent with geometrical expectations. These changes are seen in darkness, occur at short latency, and are associated with neural activity within the vestibular nuclei. I will briefly review the geometry and then discuss the behavioral and neurophysiological evidence that supports vergence mediated vestibular responses.