A VIRTUAL REALITY PLATFORM FOR THE ANALYSIS OF NEURAL CIRCUITS THAT CONTROL GAZE
Carmen Núñez-González, Marta Barandela, Cecilia Jiménez-López, Abraham Segade, Tobias Wibble, Juan Pérez‐Fernández · IBRO Neuroscience Reports · 2023
The appearance of image-forming eyes enabled animals to use vision for advanced behavioural repertoires requiring mechanisms to stabilize the world in the retina to prevent image degradation. In vertebrates, visual stabilization is achieved via two reflexes, the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR), and the optokinetic reflex (OKR), that generates compensatory movements, by whom vertebrates minimize image blurring. This two reflexes act together compensating head movements disturbance and contribute to robust eye movement control.