Optokinetic response

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Tan HS, Collewijn H (1992a) Muscarinic nature of cholinergic receptors in the cerebellar flocculus involved in the enhancement of the rabbit s optokinetic response. Brain Res., 591, 337-340. 

Tan HS, Collewijn H (1992b) Cholinergic and noradrenergic stimulation in the rabbit flocculus have synergistic facilitatory effects on optokinetic responses. Brain Res., 586, 130-134. 

Brockerhoff SE (2006) Measuring the optokinetic response of zebrafish larvae. Nature Protocols 1 2448-2451. 

Iwashita M, Kanai R, Funabiki K, Matsuda K, Hirano T (2001) Dynamic properties, interactions and adaptive modifications of vestibulo-ocular reflex and optokinetic response in mice. Neuroscience Research 39 299-311. 

Visual Stereotyped behavioral response to a sudden decrease in illumination Optokinetic / optomotor responses Kimmel et al.218... 

Neurotoxicity [80] Effects on the visual system were tested by the optokinetic and optomotor response assay in 8-dpf zebrafish larvae using 27 drugs including 19 compounds known to cause effects on human vision. Thirteen of the positive compounds provoked effects in zebrafish as well. Two false positives could be attributed to having direct effects on movement not related to disturbance on the visual system. 

Tan HS, Collewijn H (1991) Cholinergic modulation of optokinetic and vestibulo-ocular responses a study with microinjections in the flocculus of the rabbit. Exp. Brain Res., 85, 475-481. 

Tan HS, Van Neerven J, Collewijn H, Pompeiano O (1991) Effects of alpha-noradrenergic substances on the optokinetic and vestibulo-ocular responses in the rabbit a study with systemic and intrafloccular injections. Brain Res., 562, 207-215. 

Therefore, the visual system has developed the mechanism of optokinetic nystagmus which is responsible for the tracking of focused moving objects along its trajectory. This makes motion blur for objects inside the focus of attention unperceivable. 

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