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  • Title: Effect of otolith end organ ablation on horizontal optokinetic nystagmus, and optokinetic afternystagmus in the squirrel monkey.
    Author: Takahashi M, Igarashi M, Homick JL.
    Journal: ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec; 1977; 39(2):74-81. PubMed ID: 409976.
    Abstract:
    Horizontal optokinetic nystagmus (OKN) and optokinetic afternystagmus (OKAN) (stimulus speed 0-200 degrees/sec with 1 degree/sec constant angular acceleration) were examined before and after utriculo-sacculectomy (bilateral, two-stage) in squirrel monkeys. OKN exhibited a slight decline only after bilateral otolith and organ ablations. OKAN showed a minimal decline after unilateral operation but no change after bilateral operations. Severe OKN reduction and disappearance of OKAN after bilateral labyrinthectomy in primates should basically reflect the elimination of inputs from the cristae ampullares, and not from the maculae.
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