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Three methods to elicit sigma-optokinetic nystagmus in Java monkeys. 1979

O J Grüsser, and M Pause, and U Schreiter

Sigma-optokinetic nystagmus (sigma-OKN) can be elicited in awake Java monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) when stationary periodic visual patterns (grid of black white stripes, row of equally spaced dots) are illuminated stroboscopically. Three methods were found to be useful in inducing the sigma-OKN: postrotatory nystagmus, optokinetic afternystagmus (OKAN) following normal OKN and a gradual transition from phi-movement (phi-OKN) to sigma-OKN. The properties found for sigma-OKN in man are also present in monkeys with the one exception that monkeys have a long-lasting sigma-OKAN in darkness which is not present in man. The average angular speed Ve of sigma-OKN slow phases was related to the flash frequency fs and the spatial period Ps of the stripe pattern according to the following equation: Ve = k.Ps . fs [degrees . s-1] The constant k was 1 or close to 1.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008252	Macaca fascicularis	A species of the genus MACACA which typically lives near the coast in tidal creeks and mangrove swamps primarily on the islands of the Malay peninsula.	Burmese Long-Tailed Macaque,Crab-Eating Monkey,Cynomolgus Monkey,M. f. aurea,M. fascicularis,Macaca fascicularis aurea,Monkey, Crab-Eating,Monkey, Cynomolgus,Crab-Eating Macaque,Burmese Long Tailed Macaque,Crab Eating Macaque,Crab Eating Monkey,Crab-Eating Macaques,Crab-Eating Monkeys,Cynomolgus Monkeys,Long-Tailed Macaque, Burmese,Macaque, Burmese Long-Tailed,Macaque, Crab-Eating,Monkey, Crab Eating
D008297	Male		Males
D009039	Motion Perception	The real or apparent movement of objects through the visual field.	Movement Perception,Perception, Motion,Perception, Movement
D009903	Optical Illusions	An illusion of vision usually affecting spatial relations.	Illusion, Optical,Illusions, Optical,Optical Illusion
D010364	Pattern Recognition, Visual	Mental process to visually perceive a critical number of facts (the pattern), such as characters, shapes, displays, or designs.	Recognition, Visual Pattern,Visual Pattern Recognition
D010775	Photic Stimulation	Investigative technique commonly used during ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY in which a series of bright light flashes or visual patterns are used to elicit brain activity.	Stimulation, Photic,Visual Stimulation,Photic Stimulations,Stimulation, Visual,Stimulations, Photic,Stimulations, Visual,Visual Stimulations
D003624	Darkness	The absence of light.	Darknesses
D004584	Electronystagmography	Recording of nystagmus based on changes in the electrical field surrounding the eye produced by the difference in potential between the cornea and the retina.	Electronystagmographies
D005133	Eye Movements	Voluntary or reflex-controlled movements of the eye.	Eye Movement,Movement, Eye,Movements, Eye
D005260	Female		Females