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Vestibular habituation was investigated in 6 adult cats submitted to repetitive alternating velocity steps (160°/sec). The progressive change of the nystagmic response was examined by constructing the diagrams of the slow cumulative eye position and slow phase eye velocity; then it was quantified by evaluating some characteristic parameters of these diagrams. Both acquisition during the series of stimulations delivered in the same day and retention after a rest period of one or four days were clearly observed. The experimental results were explained in terms of a mathematical model of the vestibulo-cerebellar interaction. The validity of the model was assessed by the results of simulation experiments.
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Jeannerod, M., Magnin, M., Schmid, R. et al. Vestibular habituation to angular velocity steps in the cat. Biol. Cybernetics 22, 39–48 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00340231
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