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212927

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3-4
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-12-27
pubmed:abstractText
In awake cats cells forming the lateral (LVST) and medial (MVST) vestibulospinal tracts were identified by employing antidromic stimulation of the spinal cord. Neuronal responses to bilateral vestibular, forelimb, hindlimb, and neck electrical nerve stimulation were analysed. Extracellular recording in the vestibular nuclei was performed via a glass micropipette saturated with Fast Green, to aid in later histological tract identification. The number of cells projecting to cervical and lumbar regions in the dorsal and ventral division of Deiters' nucleus did not differ significantly. An unexpectedly large number of MVST units was found in the descending nucleus. Some MVST units projected to the lumbar cord but in both the medial and descending nuclei, projections to the cervical cord were in majority. Almost all spinal projecting vestibular neurons received labyrinthine input and more than half received somatosensory input. The units could be separated into several populations on basis of excitatory and inhibitory labyrinthine response latencies indicating multiple pathways. As regards labyrinthine-somatosensory integration the two tracts were found to be quite similar. The extent and complexity of labyrinthine-somatosensory convergence indicate the importance of feed-back mechanisms upon postural controls also at the level of the vestibular nuclei.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-6489
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
86
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
251-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Labyrinthine and somatosensory convergence upon vestibulospinal neurons.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article