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. 2012 Apr 23;590(Pt 13):3091–3101. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.226225

Table 1.

Latencies and amplitudes of the first three peaks of extraocular motor unit activity from multiple unit histograms

Excitation 1 Inhibition 1 Excitation 2



Latencya Amplitudeb Latency Amplitude Latency Amplitude
Inferior oblique muscle
 Vibration Mean 10.2 2.8 15.5 0.5 21.3 1.5
SD 1.4 1.3 2.3 0.2 1.9 0.4
n 13 13 13 13 13 13
 Sound Mean 13.1 1.5 19.2 0.7 27.4 1.3
SD 0.5 0.4 1.8 0.1 2.4 0.1
n 11 11 11 11 11 11
Inferior rectus muscle
 Vibration Mean 14.5 3.5 20.5 0.4 27.8 1.4
SD 0.0 1.3 3.2 0.3 1.0 0.2
n 4 4 4 4 4 4
a

Latency units are milliseconds.

b

Amplitude units are a ratio of the spike count at the response peak compared to the mean spike count over the baseline period.