Homeostatic plasticity of eye movement performance in Xenopus tadpoles following prolonged visual image motion stimulation.

ABSTRACT: Visual image motion-driven ocular motor behaviors such as the optokinetic reflex (OKR) provide sensory feedback for optimizing gaze stability during head/body motion. The performance of this visuo-motor reflex is subject to plastic alterations depending on requirements imposed by specific eco-physiological or developmental circumstances. While visuo-motor plasticity can be experimentally induced by various combinations of motion-related stimuli, the extent to which such evoked behavioral alterations contribute to the behavioral demands of an environment remains often obscure. Here, we used isolated preparations of Xenopus laevis tadpoles to assess the extent and ontogenetic dependency of visuo-motor plasticity during prolonged visual image motion. While a reliable attenuation of large OKR

SUBMITTER: Forsthofer M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9813097 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature