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Human optokinetic afternystagmus. Is the fast component of OKAN decay due to smooth pursuit? 1987

R M Jell, and S Sett, and D J Ireland

Department of Physiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

Eye movement after-effects subsequent to pursuit of a single LED target were studied in human subjects to test the hypothesis that constant velocity pursuit activates a velocity storage system in the neuronal pathway. The temporal characteristics of observed after-effects fall within those predicted from the Robinson model of eyeball mechanics, indicating that neuronal integration was not a factor.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D009760	Nystagmus, Physiologic	Involuntary rhythmical movements of the eyes in the normal person. These can be naturally occurring as in end-position (end-point, end-stage, or deviational) nystagmus or induced by the optokinetic drum (NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC), caloric test, or a rotating chair.	Nystagmus, Barany,Nystagmus, Caloric,Nystagmus, End-Position,Nystagmus, Positional,Nystagmus, Post-Rotatory,Nystagmus, Thermal,Nystagmus, Barany's,Nystagmus, Physiological,Physiologic Nystagmus,Barany Nystagmus,Barany's Nystagmus,Caloric Nystagmus,End-Position Nystagmus,Nystagmus, Baranys,Nystagmus, End Position,Nystagmus, Post Rotatory,Physiological Nystagmus,Positional Nystagmus,Post-Rotatory Nystagmus,Thermal Nystagmus
D011698	Pursuit, Smooth	Eye movements that are slow, continuous, and conjugate and occur when a fixed object is moved slowly.	Pursuits, Smooth,Smooth Pursuit,Smooth Pursuits
D005133	Eye Movements	Voluntary or reflex-controlled movements of the eye.	Eye Movement,Movement, Eye,Movements, Eye
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man