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The rate of the rapid nystagmus movement during rhythmical electrical stimulation of the ampullary receptor (relation between the rapid component and the vestibular apparatus)

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In acute experiments on rabbits nystagmus was induced by rhythmical electrical stimulation of the ampullary receptors. Square-wave stimuli at 10–60 impulses per sec were applied by means of a bipolar electrode inserted in the ampulla of the horizontal semicircular canal. The nystagmus was recorded by my own photographic method, and the results were analyzed statistically. The ratio of the speed of the fast and slow components of the nystagmus to the stimulus frequency was determined. It was found that for the fast component there was an optimum stimulus frequency. The speed of the slow component continued to increase with increase of frequency. The results are in line with data on the analysis of nystagmus following stimulation and show that there is a direct relationship between the rapid component of the nystagmus and the vestibular apparatus.

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  1. Laboratory of the Physiology of the Auditory Analyzer, I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, AN SSSR, Leningrad

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Levashov, M.M. The rate of the rapid nystagmus movement during rhythmical electrical stimulation of the ampullary receptor (relation between the rapid component and the vestibular apparatus). Bull Exp Biol Med 59, 4–7 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00782051

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