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  2. Vestibulo–ocular reflex - Wikipedia

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    The vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) is a reflex that acts to stabilize gaze during head movement, with eye movement due to activation of the vestibular system, it is also known as the Cervico-ocular reflex. The reflex acts to stabilize images on the retinas of the eye during head movement. Gaze is held steadily on a location by producing eye ...

  3. Vestibular system - Wikipedia

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    The vestibular-ocular reflex (VOR) is a reflex eye movement that stabilizes images on the retina during head movement by producing an eye movement in the direction opposite to head movement, thus preserving the image on the center of the visual field. For example, when the head moves to the right, the eyes move to the left, and vice versa.

  4. List of reflexes - Wikipedia

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    Brachioradialis reflex — a jerking of the forearm when the brachioradialis tendon is hit with a tendon hammer while the arm is resting, stimulating the C5 and C6 reflex arcs. Brain's reflex; Bulbocavernosus reflex; Cervico-collic reflex; Cervico-ocular reflex — stabilizes the eyes in response to trunk-to-head movements; Cervico-spinal reflex

  5. Sense of balance - Wikipedia

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    This is called the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR). The balance system works with the visual and skeletal systems (the muscles and joints and their sensors) to maintain orientation or balance. Visual signals sent to the brain about the body's position in relation to its surroundings are processed by the brain and compared to information from the ...

  6. Vertigo - Wikipedia

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    The neurochemistry of vertigo includes six primary neurotransmitters that have been identified between the three-neuron arc [28] that drives the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR). Glutamate maintains the resting discharge of the central vestibular neurons and may modulate synaptic transmission in all three neurons of the VOR arc. Acetylcholine ...

  7. Costco is pushing back — hard — against the anti-DEI movement

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    Costco is battling an anti-DEI wave with a stern rebuke to activist shareholders looking to end the warehouse retailer’s diversity ambitions. Walmart, John Deere, Tractor Supply and other ...

  8. Caloric reflex test - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, the caloric reflex test (sometimes termed ' vestibular caloric stimulation ') is a test of the vestibulo-ocular reflex that involves irrigating cold or warm water or air into the external auditory canal. This method was developed by Robert Bárány, who won a Nobel prize in 1914 for this discovery.

  9. Chris Evans reportedly returning to Marvel in 'Avengers ... - AOL

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    He can do this all day. Chris Evans is set to return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the upcoming movie "Avengers: Doomsday," according to multiple reports.The news was first reported by The ...