DIRECTIONAL IMBALANCE OF VESTIBULAR NYSTAGMUS IN CAT FOLLOWING REPEATED UNIDIRECTIONAL ANGULAR ACCELERATION

Abstract

Appropriately designed acceleration schedules were administered to three groups of ten cats each to determine if habituation, the reduction of nystagmus resulting from repeated angular acceleration, is specific to the direction ofACCELERATION USED TO PRODUCE IT. All testing was in total darkness and animals were maintained in a state of continuous arousal with d-amphetamine sulfate. It was found that habituation does not transfer, that nystagmus in the untested direction remains undiminished, and that a directional imbalance is the result. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 22, 1962
Accession Number
AD0272380

Entities

People

  • George H. Crampton

Organizations

  • United States Army Medical Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Acceleration
  • Directional
  • Motion
  • Nystagmus
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Physical Properties
  • Unidirectional

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Toxicology/Environmental Toxicology
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.