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A simple model of the vestibular-ocular reflex with a proprioceptive eye velocity feedback loop is used to simulate recent data on the vestibular responses of neurons in the vestibular nuclei of spinal goldfish. The data support the hypothesis that a proprioceptive feedback loop elongates the vestibular nucleus time constant to equal that of the slow phase eye movements of vestibular nystagmus.
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Allum, J.H.J., Graf, W. Time constants of vestibular nuclei neurons in the goldfish: A model with ocular proprioception. Biol. Cybernetics 28, 95–99 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00335289
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