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Inhibition of vestibular nerve activity by efferent fibres in the cat.

Electrophysiological studies were performed in anesthetized cats to examine the role of the parvocellular reticular nucleus (PCRN) in vestibular afferent fibers originating in the horizontal semicircular canal. When the primary afferent fibres intra-axonally recorded in the brainstem were classified into regular, intermediate, and irregular types, repetitive stimuli over 100 Hz applied to the PCRN inhibited spontaneous firing and the increase in firing during horizontal rotation in irregular and intermediate type units, whereas in regular type units PCRN stimulation affected neither the spontaneous firing nor rotation-induced responses. These results strongly suggest that the PCRN stimulation inhibits the primary afferent terminals of irregular type units receiving impulses from type I hair cells of the ampullae.

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Brainstem projections of different branches of the vestibular nerve. An experimental study by transganglionic transport of horseradish peroxidase in the cat. I. The horizontal ampullar and utricular nerves.

Twenty-seven adult cats were used to study the central projection of the horizontal ampullar nerve and the utricular nerve using transganglionic transport of HRP. The nerve to be investigated was exposed transtympanally, cut, and a capsule containing 50% HRP applied to the proximal stump for one hour; 2-8 days later the animals were perfused. Frozen serial sections were cut from the brainstem and processed for the demonstration of HRP using tetramethyl benzidine as chromogen. Maximal labelling was observed 5-7 days postoperatively. After application of HRP to the horizontal ampullar nerve extensive labelling was found in all four main nuclei except the lateral vestibular nucleus. Furthermore, labelling was observed in the interstitial nucleus of N. VIII, the rostral part of the external cuneate nucleus and in the reticular formation laterodorsal to the abducens nucleus. Small fibers were also seen in the brachium conjunctivum oriented towards the cerebellum, from the superior vestibular nucleus. After exposing the utricular nerve to HRP, labelling was observed in the ventral part of the lateral vestibular nucleus, the central part of the medial vestibular nucleus and in the rostral part of the descending vestibular nucleus. The findings are discussed in relation to known physiological differences between the two kinds of nerves here investigated.

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