The function of the vestibulo-ocular reflex, commonly known as the VOR, is to stabilise an image on the surface of the retina during head movement. One of the parts of the brain involved in this reflex is the flocculus in the cerebellum, which integrates information from multiple sources, including the vestibular apparatus in the labyrinth of the middle ear, motion detectors in visual cortex, a...

The chronic effects of unilateral peripheral vestibular loss (UPVL) are influenced by vestibular compensation. This study documents the balance-related symptoms and quantitative vestibular laboratory testing of 20 patients with surgically confirmed UPVL. Included are measures of the semicircular canal-ocular reflex, the otolith-ocular reflex, and both static and dynamic semicircular canal-otoli...

The vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) stabilizes images on the retina during rapid head motions. The gain of the VOR, i.e. the ratio of eye to head rotation velocity, measured with the eyes focused at a distance is typically around -1. However, to stabilize images accurately, the vestibulo-ocular reflex response must be modulated by the context in which the response takes place. The context studied...