TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Vestibulo-ocular Reflex Adaptation A1 - Schubert, Michael C. A2 - Herdman, Susan J. A2 - Clendaniel, Richard A. Y1 - 2014 N1 - T2 - Vestibular Rehabilitation AB - The vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) has been created with an incredible plasticity for the purpose of enabling change inevitable with disease and aging. In fact, without this adaptation, the normal effects of age or the constant attacks from disease would render us with significant functional impairments—namely gaze and gait instability. Some examples of the critical and extreme plasticity within the VOR include altered VOR gain with newly fitted glasses and complete reversal of the VOR when fitted with lenses that demand it. The focus of this chapter is on evidence for VOR adaptation from animal and human studies. In particular, I focus on the robustness of VOR plasticity, evidence for location sites of such plasticity, and how this adaptation occurs. For information concerning oculomotor (e.g., compensatory saccade) and vestibulospinal compensatory strategies that may assist a deficient VOR, please see Chapters 6 and 9. SN - PB - F. A. Davis Company CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135014603 ER -