"Discovering how vestibular reflexes come to be may help us find new ways to counter pathologies that affect balance or eye movements," says study senior author David Schoppik, Ph.D., associate ...

The vestibular system is composed of the semicircular ... for example in distinct angular and linear subsystems of the vestibulo-ocular reflex, which automatically moves the eyes to compensate ...

Remarkably, another set of experiments showed that the reflex circuit also reaches maturity during development without input from a gravity-sensing vestibular organ called the utricle. Because the ...

Cerebellar ataxia and vestibular areflexia syndromes are neurodegenerative disorders that primarily affect coordination and balance. These conditions can manifest in various ways, including ...

It integrates clinical eye tracking with a digital display to run non-invasive oculomotor and vestibular tests while capturing eye reflexes objectively and precisely. Tests using I-PAS can support ...

To do so they use a brain circuit that turns any shifts in orientation sensed by the balance (vestibular) system in their ears into an instant counter-movement by their eyes. Called the ...