Comparison of Naso-temporal Asymmetry During Monocular Smooth Pursuit, Optokinetic Nystagmus, and Ocular Following Response in Strabismic Monkeys
- 3 April 2017
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Strabismus
- Vol. 25 (2), 47-55
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09273972.2017.1317821
Abstract
Purpose: Under monocular viewing conditions, humans and monkeys with infantile strabismus exhibit asymmetric naso-temporal (N-T) responses to motion stimuli. The goal of this study was to compare and contrast these N-T asymmetries during 3 visually mediated eye tracking tasks—optokinetic nystagmus (OKN), smooth pursuit (SP) response, and ocular following responses (OFR). Methods: Two adult strabismic monkeys were tested under monocular viewing conditions during OKN, SP, or OFR stimulation. OKN stimulus was unidirectional motion of a 30°x30° random dot pattern at 20°, 40°, or 80°/s for 1 minute. OFR stimulus was brief (200 ms) unidirectional motion of a 38°x28°whitenoise at 20°, 40°, or 80°/s. SP stimulus consisted of foveal step-ramp target motion at 10°, 20°, or 40°/s. Results: Mean nasalward steady state gain (0.87±0.16) was larger than temporalward gain (0.67±0.19) during monocular OKN (PP=0.007). During monocular SP, mean nasal gain (0.97±0.2) was larger than temporal gain (0.66±0.14; P2) was larger than temporalward acceleration (118±77°/s2; P=0.04). Comparison of N-T asymmetry ratio across the 3 conditions using ANOVA showed no significant difference. Conclusions: N-T asymmetries are identified in all 3 visual tracking paradigms in both monkeys with either eye viewing. Our data are consistent with the current hypothesis for the mechanism for N-T asymmetry that invokes an imbalance in cortical drive to brainstem circuits.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institutes of Health (F32EY023927, P30 EY07551, R01-EY026568)
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