SW1    "Head-Eye Coordination During Gaze Shifts"

David Sparks and Albert Fuchs

    G. Barnes
    S. Brettler
    K. Cullen
    E. Freedman
    A. Fuchs
    N. Gandhi
    J. Goossens
    R. McCrea
    J. Phillips
    D. Solomon
    D. Sparks
    W. Zangemeister
 

SW2  "Controversies at the Vestibular Periphery"

Stephen M. Highstein and Ruth Anne Eatock

    R. Boyle
    A. Brichta
    K. Cullen
    R. A. Eatock
    E. Glowatzki
    J. Goldberg
    S. Highstein
    J. C. Holt
    J. Holt
    A. Lysakowski
    S. Masetto
    R. Rabbitt
    K. Rennie
    M. Vollrath
 

SW3  "Otolith Influences on Orientation and Gaze"

Gary D Paige

    D.  Angelaki
    I. Curthoys
    W. M. King
    D.  Merfeld
    T. Mergner
    G.  Paige
    B. Peterson
    T. Raphan
    S. Seidman
    Y. Uchino
 

SW4  "Vestibular Cortex"

Chris R.S. Kaneko

    C. Duffy
    K. Fukushima
    S. Glasauer
    W. Graf
    K. Powell
    L. Snyder
    J.Taube
    P-P. Vidal
 

SW5  "Vestibular Plasticity"

Stephen G Lisberger

    D. Broussard
    N. Dieringer
    M. Dutia
    S. Highstein
    F. Horak
    S. du Lac
    L. Minor
    J. Raymond
    J. Simpson
    P-P. Vidal
    S. Yakushin
    B. Yates
    D. Zee
    C. de Zeeuw
    W. Zhou
 

SP1  "Vestibular Periphery"

SP1.1

Afferent responses to mechanical stimulation and drug application in mouse in-vitro labyrinth
A. J. Camp¹, H. Lee², R. J. Callister¹, A. M. Brichta^1
1University of Newcastle, Callaghan, ; ²The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul

SP1.2

Presynaptic Ca Channels in Frog Semicircular Canal Hair Cells
P. Perin¹, A. Pascale¹, J. Pace¹, P. Valli^1
1University of Pavia, Pavia

SP1.3

Voltage responses of type I and type II hair cells of the chick embryo semicircular canal
S. Masetto¹, M. Bosica¹, P. Perin¹, G. Zucca¹, O. P. Ottersen², P. Valli^1
1University of Pavia, Pavia, ; ²University of Oslo, Oslo

SP1.4

Junctional transmission in calyx-bearing and bouton afferents in the turtle posterior crista
J. T. Xue¹, J. C. Holt¹, J. M. Goldberg^1
1University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

SP1.5

Responses of Irregular Vestibular Nerve Afferents to High-Frequency Rotations
T. E. Hullar¹, D. M. Lasker¹, J. P. Carey¹, L. B. Minor^1
1Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

SP1.6

Responses to low and high intensity stimuli in chinchilla semicircular canal afferents
M. Plotnik¹, J. M. Goldberg^1
1University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

SP1.7

Intra-axonal Recordings from Canal Afferents in the Mouse In-Vitro Labyrinth
A. M. Brichta¹, A. J. Camp¹, H. Lee², R. J. Callister^1
1University of Newcastle, Callaghan, ; ²The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul

SP1.8

A Cellular and Pharmacological Analysis of Efferent Responses in Turtle Posterior Crista Afferents
J. C. Holt¹, J. Xue¹, J. M. Goldberg^1
1University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

SP1.9

A Report of 2 Cases of Ageotrophic Horizontal Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo Managed with a New Head Shaking Method and Analyses of the Results of 25 Cases
Gyu Cheol Han, Hyung Gyu Jeon
Gachon Medical College, Gil Medical Center, Dept. of Otolaryngology, Incheon Korea

SP1.10

Properties of Adaptation in Hair Cells of the Mouse Utricle
Melissa Vollrath, Ruth Anne Eatock
Dept Neurobiology, Harvard, Cambridge

SP1.11

Directional selectivity and dynamic responses of vestibular afferents following regeneration from ototoxic damage
M Zakir, JD Dickman
Dept. of Research, Central Institute for the Deaf, Washington University, 4560 Clayton Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63110 USA.

SP1.12

Vestibular neuritis visualized by 3 Tesla MRI
M.Karlberg¹, M.Annertz², M.Magnusson^1
1Dept of Oto-rhino-laryngology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, ; ²Dept of Diagnostic Radiology, Lund University Hospital, Lund

SP1.13

Visualization of GABA and glutamate in hair cells of the toadfish horizontal canal crista ampularis.
G.R. Holstein, G.P. Martinelli and S. Henderson.
Departments of Neurology and Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, N.Y., NY  10029
 

SP2  "Vestibular Nucleus / Plasticity"

SP2.1

Dynamics of primate vestibular neurons during rotation
J. D. Dickman¹, A. Haque¹, D. E. Angelaki^2
1Central Institute for the Deaf, St Louis, MO; ²Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO

SP2.2

Neural coding of 3D rotational and translational motion: Convergence patterns of vestibular signals
D. E. Angelaki¹, J. D. Dickman^2
1Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO; ²Central Institute for the Deaf, St Louis, MO

SP2.3

3-Dimensional Analysis of Responses of Vestibular Neurons to Translations and Rotations.
B. W. Peterson¹, C. Chen-Huang^1
1Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

SP2.4

Characterization of vestibular nuclei afferents using transneuronal transport of pseudorabies virus.
B. J. Jian¹, J. P. Card¹, A. Acernese¹, J. Lorenzo^1
1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

SP2.5

Synaptic Inhibition Triggers Long Lasting Increases in Intrinsic Excitability of Vestibular Nucleus
A. Nelson¹, C. Krispel¹, C. Sekirnjak¹, S. du Lac^1
1Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA

SP2.6

Ca++-dependent K+ channels are required for rapid increases in VOR gain following vestibular damage
B. M. Faulstich¹, S. H. Moghadam¹, C. T. Bond², J. P. Adelman², S. du Lac^1
1The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA; ²Vollum Institute, Portland, OR

SP2.7

Vestibular Compensation: A Top-down Hypothesis
P. Vidal¹, M. Beraneck¹, A. Uno¹, N. Vibert^1
1Laboratoire de Neurobiologie des RÈseaux Sensorimoteurs, PARIS

SP2.8

Acetyl-DL-Leucine Effects on Vestibular Neurons Explains its Efficacy During Vertigo Crises
N. Vibert¹, C. de Waele¹, P. Vidal^1
1Laboratoire de Neurobiologie des RÈseaux Sensorimoteurs, CNRS-Paris 5, Paris
 

SP3  "Cerebellum"

SP3.1

Vestibular Climbing Fibers Modulate Simple Spikes in Cerebellar Purkinje Cells
N. H. Barmack¹, V. Yakhnitsa^1
1Oregon Health & Sciences University, Beaverton, OR

SP3.2

Optokinetic Stimulation Modifies Transcription of Two Gene Products in Floccular Purkinje Cells
Z. Qian¹, N. H. Barmack^1
1Oregon Health & Sciences University, Beaverton, OR

SP3.3

Impaired Spatial Memory of Vestibular and Optokinetic Stimulation in Rabbits Following Nodulectomy
N. H. Barmack¹, V. Yakhnitsa¹, A. Ferrarese², P. Errico², V. E. Pettorossi², H. Fushiki^3
1Oregon Health & Sciences University, Beaverton, OR; ²University of Perugia, Perugia, ³Toyama Medical & Pharmaceutical Univ., Toyama

SP3.4

A VVOR deficit reveals combined bilateral vestibulopathy and cerebellar dysfunction
A. A. Migliaccio¹, G. M. Halmagyi², L. A. McGarvie², P. D. Cremer², L. B. Minor^1
1Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; ²Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

SP3.5

Muscarine-induced enhancement of spontaneous EPSCs in Purkinje cells in the rat vestibulo-cerebellum
Y. Takayasu¹, M. Iino², S. Ozawa², N. Furuya^1
1Department of Otolaryngology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan, ; ²Department of Physiology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan

SP3.6

Changes in head-on-trunk position influence vestibular responses of fastigial nucleus neurons
J. F. Kleine¹, M. Hoshi¹, Y. F. Guan¹, U. Büttner^1
1Ludwig-Maximilian-Universitat München, Muenchen

SP3.7

Gravity-Dependence of Ocular Drift in Patients With Cerebellar Downbeat Nystagmus
S. Marti¹, A. Palla¹, D. Straumann^1
1Neurology Department, Zurich University Hospital, Zurich

SP3.8

Context dependent signal processing in the cerebellar flocculus and ventral paraflocculus during gaze saccades.
Timothy Belton and Robert McCrea
Department of Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

SP3.9

Eye-, head- and gaze-movement during horizontal and vertical gaze pursuit in SCA6
N. Takeichi¹, B. W. Peterson², H. Sasaki³, I. Yabe³, K. Tashiro³, T. Tsubuku¹, S. Fukuda¹, J. Fukushima⁴, K. Fukushima^5
1Department of Otolaryngology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, ; ²Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; ³Department of Neurology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, ; ⁴College of Medical Technology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, ; ⁵Department of Physiology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo
 

SP4  VOR Plasticity and Behavior

SP4.1

Recovery of the high-acceleration vestibulo-ocular reflex after vestibular neuritis
A. Palla¹, D. Straumann^1
1Neurology Department, Zurich University Hospital, Zurich

SP4.2

Normal Performance and The Expression of Learning in the Vestibuloocular reflex at High Frequencies
R. Ramachandran¹, S. G. Lisberger^2
1University of California, San Francisco, CA; ²Howard Hughes Medical Institute, San Francisco, CA

SP4.3

Short-term adaptation of the VOR: role of non-retinal slip error signals and saccade substitution
N. de Pennington¹, D. Zee¹, M. Walker¹, M. Shelhamer^1
1Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD

SP4.4

Adaptation of the Response to Head Heaves, Surges and Thrusts
M. Shelhamer¹, D. S. Zee¹, S. Ramat^1
1Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

SP4.5

An Investigation of the Angular Vestibuloocular Reflex at Very High Frequencies Using a Prosthesis
M. A. Saginaw¹, D. M. Merfeld², W. Gong^2
1MIT, Boston, MA; ²Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA

SP4.6

VOR Adaptation Reveals Signals Modulating Gain Control For Smooth Pursuit Eye Movments
M. R. Carey¹, S. G. Lisberger^2
1University of California, San Francisco, CA; ²Howard Hughes Medical Institute, San Francisco, CA

SP4.7

Anticipatory VOR suppression in humans during repeated cued head movements.
G. R. Barnes¹, G. D. Paige^2
1UMIST, Manchester, ; ²University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

SP4.8

Total Sleep Deprivation Can Increase Vestibulo-Ocular Responses
G. Quarck¹, O. Etard², P. Denise^2
1 CRAPS , UFR STAPS, Universite de caen, Bd du Marechal Juin, 14032 Caen CEDEX, ; ²Explorations fonctionnelles neurologiques, CHU Cote de Nacre, 14033 Caen CEDEX

SP4.9

Binocular Asymmetries in the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex (VOR)
G. C. Y. Peng¹, D. S. Zee^2
1The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC; ²The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

SP4.10

Plasticity of the Horizontal Angular Vestibulo-ocular Reflex During High-Acceleration Head Rotations
L. B. Minor¹, D. M. Lasker¹, R. A. Clendaniel^1
1The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

SP4.11

Modeling Contributions of the Linear Vestibulo-ocular Reflex During Off-Vertical Axis Rotation (OVAR).
M. Kunin¹, K. Kushiro,² S. Yakushin,^1,2, M Dai, B. Cohen², T. Raphan^1,2.
¹Depts. of CIS, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Bklyn, NY 11210 and ² Neurol., Mt Sinai Sch. of Med., NY, NY 10029

SP4.12

Three Dimensional Orienting Eye Movements During Translation While Rotating (TWR) in the Monkey
X. Zhang, S. Yakushin, D. Ogorodnikov, B. Cohen, T. Raphan
Mt. Sinai School Medicine, NY
 

SP5  Locomotion and Posture

SP5.1

Vestibular influences on locomotion: walking versus running
K. Jahn¹, M. Strupp¹, E. Schneider¹, T. Brandt^1
1University of Munich, Munich

SP5.2

Kinematics of Head Posture during Galloping Locomotion in Erythrocebus patas.
J. S. Sipla^1
1Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

SP5.3

Podokinetic stabilisation of body orientation in space on a rotating platform in the dark
W. Becker¹, S. Raab¹, R. Jürgens^1
1Universitat Ulm, Ulm

SP5.4

Fusion of Vestibular, Optokinetic and Podokinesthetic Information During Rotations Towards Instructed Targets
R. Jürgens¹, W. Becker¹, V. Diekmann¹, G. Nasios^1
1Universitat Ulm, Ulm

SP5.5

The importance of vestibular information for postural control depends on velocity of surface tilt
J. Kluzik¹, F. Hlavacka², F. B. Horak^1
1Neurological Sciences Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR; ²Institute of Normal and Pathological Physiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava

SP5.6

Habituation to Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation Depends on Sensory Reweighting
M. Cenciarini¹, R. J. Peterka², F. B. Horak^2
1Dept. of Electronic, Computer Science & Systems, University of Bologna, Bologna, ; ²Neurological Sciences Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR

SP5.7

Time Delay Compensation Mechanisms in the Human Postural Control System
K. D. Statler¹, R. J. Peterka^1
1Neurological Sciences Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR

SP5.8

Rotations in a Vertebrate Setting: Group Theoretic Analysis of Vestibulocollic Projections
G. McCollum¹, R. Boyle^2
1Legacy Research, Portland, OR; ²Ames Research Center, NASA, Moffett Field, CA

SP5.9

Neck but not mastoid vibration causes short latency EMG activation of lower leg postural muscles
M. Magnusson¹, G. Andersson², A. MÂrtensson¹, M. Karlberg^1
1ENT dept. Lund University, Lund, ; ²Dept of Neurophysiology, Lund University, Lund

SP5.10

The Influence of Head Position on Postural Sway During Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation
D. M. Wrisley¹, P. J. Sparto¹, S. L. Whitney¹, M. S. Redfern¹, J. M. Furman^1
1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

SP5.11

Ankle and hip joint kinematics affect neck muscle activation during whole-body rotation
D. Solomon*, A. Jenkins, V. Kumar
¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
 

SP6  Perception

SP6.1

The role of visual and vestibular cues in determining perceptual stability during head movement.
P. Jaekl¹, L. R. Harris¹, M. Jenkin^1
1York University, Toronto, ON

SP6.2

The subjective visual horizontal and vertical in 65 patients after vestibular deafferentation
A. Hafström¹, P.Fransson¹, M.Karlberg¹, M.Magnusson^1
1Dept. of ENT, Lund University Hospital, Sweden

SP6.3

Translation Perception and its Relationship to Reflex Eye Movements.
N. Au Yong¹, S. H. Seidman¹, G. D. Paige^1
1University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

SP6.4

Influences of vestibular and non-vestibular cues in the estimation of the subjective vertical
K. Jaggi-Schwarz¹, B. J. M. Hess^1
1Neurology Department, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich

SP6.5

The effect of head position on illusory self-motion in artificial gravity.
F. Mast, N. Newby and L.R. Young
MIT, Cambridge
 

SP7  Eye Movement

SP7.1

Human Eye-Movement Responses to Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation are Linear, Symmetrical and Additive
H. G. MacDougall¹, A. E. Brizuela¹, I. S. Curthoys^1
1University of Sydney, Sydney

SP7.2

Predicting Superior Colliculus Spike Trains For Strongly Perturbed Saccades.
J. Goossens¹, J. Van Opstal^1
1Univ. of Nijmegen, Nijmegen

SP7.3

Demodulation Techniques For The Analysis Of Eye Movements
B. Razavi¹, S. H. Seidman^2
1University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; ²University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

SP7.4

Meniere's disease patients have abnormalities of vergence
J. E. Bos¹, P. Eric Vente², M. P. M. ten Tusscher^3
1TNO Human Factors, Soesterberg, ; ²Praktijk Vente, Alphen a d Rijn, ; ³Laurentius Ziekenhuis, Roermond

SP7.5

Dynamic Bielschowsky Head-Tilt Test
K. P. Weber¹, A. Palla¹, K. Landau², D. Straumann^1
1Neurology Department, Zurich University Hospital, Zurich, ; ²Ophthalmology Department, Zurich University Hospital, Zurich

SP7.6

3D coordinates of visually guided saccades and smooth pursuit eye movements depend on gravity
B.J.M. Hess¹, D.E. Angelaki^2
1Neurology Department, University Hospital, Zurich, ²Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

SP7.7

A neural network model of flexible spatial updating.
R.L. White, L.H. Snyder
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
 

SP8  "Vestibular Models: Actual Simulations"

Kathleen Cullen

SP8.1

Modelling predictive processes of gaze control during head-fixed and head-free pursuit.
G. R. Barnes^1
1UMIST, Manchester

SP8.2

A physiologically-based computational model of horizontal vestibular nystagmus using GENESIS
A. D. Cartwright¹, D. P. Gilchrist¹, A. M. Burgess¹, I. S. Curthoys^1
1University of Sydney, Sydney

SP8.3

A linear, steady state model of canal-otolith interaction in the VOR predicts ambulation performance
B. T. Crane¹, J. L. Demer^1
1UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

SP8.4

A Gaze Control Hypothesis: Head-Eye Interactions Account for Observed Kinematics
E. G. Freedman^1
1University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

SP8.5

Modelling gravity-induced changes in position and orientation of Listing's plane
S. Glasauer¹, E. Schneider¹, U. Büttner¹, T. Brandt^1
1Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich

SP8.6

A Model of Efferent-Mediated Limit-Cycle Behavior
J. M. Goldberg¹, M. Plotnik¹, V. Marlinski^1
1University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

SP8.7

A model to explore the relationship between tilt/translation discrimination and velocity storage
A. M. Green¹, D. E. Angelaki^1
1Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

SP8.8

Modelling the orientation and gain of the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex as the output of three channels
L. R. Harris¹, K. Beykirch², M. Fetter^3
1York University, Toronto, ON; ²Tubingen University, Tubingen, ; ³Klinikum Karlsbad-Langensteinbach, Karlsbad-Langensteinbach

SP8.9

A Dynamic Model for the Vertical VOR, OKR and Visual-vestibular Interactions in the Primate
Y. Hirata¹, S. M. Highstein^2
1Chubu University, Kasugai Aichi, ; ²Washington University, St. Louis, MO

SP8.10

Constraints imposed on a predictive model of gaze shifts by adaptive changes observed following canal plugging.
L. Ling, R. Soetedjo, S. Newlands, C. Siebold, J.O. Phillips, A.F. Fuchs.
Department of Physiology and Biophysics and Regional Primate Research Centre, University of Washington, Seattle

SP8.11

Modeling Tilt and Translation Responses in Humans Using Observer Theory
D. M. Merfeld¹, L. H. Zupan^1
1Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA

SP8.12

Modeling of the Horizontal Angular VOR Evoked by High-Acceleration Rotations in the Squirrel Monkey
L. B. Minor¹, D. M. Lasker^1
1The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

SP8.13

Biophysical basis of Spike Frequency Modulation
L. E. Moore¹, N. Vibert¹, P. Vidal^1
1CNRS ESA 7060,Université, Paris 5, Paris

SP8.14

Neck Reflex Stabilization in a Three-Dimensional Head Model
G. C. Y. Peng¹, M. Armand², D. S. Zee^3
1The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC; ²Johns Hopkins University Applied Physic Laboratory, Laurel, MD; ³The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

SP8.15

Model for Identification of the Vestibular Contribution to Human Postural Control
R. J. Peterka¹
1Neurological Sciences Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR

SP8.16

Biomechanical Models of the Semicircular Canals
R. D. Rabbitt¹, S. M. Rajguru¹
1University of Utah, Salt lake City, UT

SP8.17

During Gaze Shifts, Brainstem Saccadic Neurons are Modulated in Real-Time by Head Movement Signals.
P. A. Sylvestre¹, H. L. Galiana², K. E. Cullen^1
1Dept. Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, PQ; ²Dept. Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, PQ

SP8.18

A Model of the Influence of Canal, Otolith and Visual Cues on Spatial Orientation and Eye Movements
L. H. Zupan¹, D. M. Merfeld¹, C. Darlot^2
1Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA; ²Telecom Paris, Paris

SP8.19

Modeling the relation between head orientation, head movement and otolith responses in humans
T. Haslwanter¹, R. Jaeger^2
1Dept of Neurology, Zurich, ; ²Dept of Neurology, Tuebingen