UCLA Neuroscience Program Ph.D. Admissions Neuroscience Faculty UCLA and Beyond  



Joseph Demer






Selected Publications:

Tian, J. R., Shubayev, I., and Demer, J. L. Dynamic visual acuity during transient and sinusoidal yaw rotation in normal and unilaterally vestibulopathic humans.. Experimental Brain Research 2001; 137: 12-25.
Tian, J ?R., Shubayev, I., and Demer, J. L. Impairments in the initial horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex of older humans.. Experimental Brain Research 2001; 137: 309-322.
Crane, B. T., Tian, J. R., and Demer, J. L. Initial vestibulo-ocular reflex during transient angular and linear acceleration in human cerebellar dysfunction.. Exp. Brain Res. 2000; 130: 486-496.
Tian, J. R., Crane, B. T., and Demer, J. L. Vestibular catch-up saccades in labyrinthine deficiency.. Exp. Brain Res. 2000; 131: 448-457.
Crane, B. T. and Demer, J. L. Horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex and head stability in response to torso perturbations during visual search.. Exp. Brain Res 1999; 125: 335-343.
Crane, B. T. and Demer, J. L. Latency of voluntary cancellation of the human vestibulo-ocular reflex during transient yaw rotation.. Exp. Brain Res. 1999; 127: 67-74.
Crane, B. T., and Demer, J. L. Gaze stabilization during dynamic posturography in normal and vestibulopathic humans.. Exp. Brain Res 1998; 122: 235-246.
Crane, B. T. and Demer, J. L. Human horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex initiation: Effects of angular acceleration, linear acceleration, stimulus intensity, target distance, and unilateral lesions.. J. Neurophysiol . 1998; 80: 1151-1166.
Demer, J. L. and Crane, B. T. Vision and vestibular adaptation.. Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery 1998; 119: 78-88.
Foster, C. A., Demer, J. L., Morrow, M. J., and Baloh, R. W. Deficits of gaze stability in multiple axes following unilateral vestibular lesions.. Exp. Brain Res. 1997; 116: 501-509.
Clark, R. A., Miller, J. M., and Demer, J. L. Location and stability of rectus muscle pulleys: Muscle paths as a function of gaze.. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 1997; 38: 227-240.
Crane, B. T., Viirre, E. S., and Demer, J. L. The human horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex during combined linear and angular acceleration.. Exp. Brain Res. 1997; 114: 304-320.
Viirre, E. S. and Demer, J. L. The human vertical vestibulo-ocular reflex during combined linear and angular acceleration with near target fixation.. Exp. Brain Res . 1996; 112: 313-324.
Demer, JL Viirre, ES Visual-vestibular interaction during standing, walking, and running.. Journal of vestibular research : equilibrium & orientation. . 1996; 6(4): 295-313.
Oh, SY Poukens, V Demer, JL Quantitative analysis of rectus extraocular muscle layers in monkey and humans.. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. . 2001; 42(1): 10-6.
Oh, SY Poukens, V Cohen, MS Demer, JL Structure-function correlation of laminar vascularity in human rectus extraocular muscles.. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. . 2001; 42(1): 17-22.
Clark, RA Miller, JM Demer, JL Three-dimensional location of human rectus pulleys by path inflections in secondary gaze positions.. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. . 2000; 41(12): 3787-97.
Crane, BT Demer, JL Effects of vestibular and cerebellar deficits on gaze and torso stability during ambulation.. Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. . 2000; 123(1 Pt 1): 22-9.
Demer, JL Oh, SY Poukens, V Evidence for active control of rectus extraocular muscle pulleys.. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. . 2000; 41(6): 1280-90.
Crane, BT Demer, JL Effect of adaptation to telescopic spectacles on the initial human horizontal vestibuloocular reflex.. Journal of neurophysiology. . 2000; 83(1): 38-49.
Crane, BT Demer, JL A linear canal-otolith interaction model to describe the human vestibulo-ocular reflex.. Biological cybernetics. . 1999; 81(2): 109-18.
Poukens, V Glasgow, BJ Demer, JL Nonvascular contractile cells in sclera and choroid of humans and monkeys.. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. . 1998; 39(10): 1765-74.
Clark, RA Miller, JM Demer, JL Displacement of the medial rectus pulley in superior oblique palsy.. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. . 1998; 39(1): 207-12.
Crane, BT Demer, JL Human gaze stabilization during natural activities: translation, rotation, magnification, and target distance effects.. Journal of neurophysiology. . 1997; 78(4): 2129-44.
Demer, JL Poukens, V Miller, JM Micevych, P Innervation of extraocular pulley smooth muscle in monkeys and humans.. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. . 1997; 38(9): 1774-85.
Moschner, C Zangemeister, WH Demer, JL Anticipatory smooth eye movements of high velocity triggered by large target steps: normal performance and effect of cerebellar degeneration.. Vision research. . 1996; 36(9): 1341-8.
Porter, JD Poukens, V Baker, RS Demer, JL Structure-function correlations in the human medial rectus extraocular muscle pulleys.. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. . 1996; 37(2): 468-72.
Demer, JL Miller, JM Poukens, V Vinters, HV Glasgow, BJ Evidence for fibromuscular pulleys of the recti extraocular muscles.. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. . 1995; 36(6): 1125-36.