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A simple model of the vestibuloocular reflex and the optokinetic system was used to simulate recent data on visual and vestibular responses of neurons in the vestibular nucleus. Contrary to a previous interpretation, the results support the hypothesis that the optokinetic and semicircular canal signals are combined simply by linear addition on the cells of the vestibular nucleus.
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Robinson, D.A. Linear addition of optokinetic and vestibular signals in the vestibular nucleus. Exp Brain Res 30, 447–450 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00237269
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