Ornitz E M, Kaplan A R, Westlake J R
Acta Otolaryngol. 1985 Sep-Oct;100(3-4):180-93. doi: 10.3109/00016488509104780.
The time constants and gains of the vestibulo-ocular reflex were computed from the primary nystagmus evoked by constant angular acceleration in 79 normal infants and children, ranging in age from 2 months to 11 years old, and 10 normal adults. There were significant changes in both time constant and gain in respect to development. The time constants increased while the gains decreased as a function of the logarithm of age. The time constants of the youngest infants were close to the cupular time constant. The lengthening of the time constant with increasing age was discussed in respect to maturation of inhibitory brainstem reticular formation mechanisms.
在79名年龄从2个月至11岁的正常婴幼儿及儿童以及10名正常成年人中，通过恒定角加速度诱发的原发性眼球震颤计算前庭眼反射的时间常数和增益。时间常数和增益在发育方面均有显著变化。时间常数随年龄对数增加，而增益随年龄对数降低。最年幼婴儿的时间常数接近壶腹时间常数。从抑制性脑干网状结构机制的成熟角度讨论了时间常数随年龄增长而延长的情况。
