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The Three-Dimensional Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex During Prolonged Microgravity

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Abstract

Given the influence of gravity as a reference for spatial orientation, the following questions arise for the microgravity scenario:

  • How does the vestibular system adapt to the absence in space, and to the reintroduction after landing, of the gravity vector?

  • Is the vestibule-oculomotor response simply modified by an amount equivalent to the otolith-mediated contribution?

  • Or does it adapt with a systematic latency or time constant to some other level?

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Clarke, A.H. (2017). The Three-Dimensional Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex During Prolonged Microgravity. In: Vestibulo-Oculomotor Research in Space. SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59933-5_3

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