The optokinetic reflex in the cat: modeling and computer simulation.

After a brief comparative review of the dynamic characteristics of the optokinetic reflex ( OKR ) in different species and after a brief description of the main anatomical structures involved in this reflex, a mathematical model of the OKR in the cat is presented. The experimental results obtained by Godaux and Vanderkelen (1984) in the normal and in the totally cerebellectomized cat were used to validate the model and to obtain an estimation of its parameters.