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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-9-11
pubmed:abstractText
Effects of procaine infusion into the interstitial nucleus of Cajal (INC) on vestibular nuclear neurons related to the horizontal canal were studied in cats anesthetized with nitrous oxide and paralyzed with gallamine. Neurons that responded to sinusoidal horizontal rotation (at 0.18 Hz) were recorded extracellularly in the medial and descending vestibular nuclei. Spontaneous activity of type I neurons increased, whereas that of type II neurons decreased following procaine infusion into the ipsilateral INC. Gain of the neuronal response to horizontal rotation decreased after the ipsilateral INC infusion, but there was no consistent effect on phase. Infusion into the contralateral INC seemed less effective. Similar effects were obtained with electrolytic lesions that were confined to the ipsilateral INC area. These results suggest that the INC influences type I neurons through inhibitory action of type II neurons and that it eventually controls the gain, but not the phase, of the horizontal vestibular reflexes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0168-0102
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
287-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of lesion of the interstitial nucleus of Cajal on vestibular horizontal canal neurons in the cat.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't