AFFERENT AND EFFERENT CONNECTIONS OF THE MEDIAL, INFERIOR AND LATERAL VESTIBULAR NUCLEI IN THE CAT AND MONKEY
AFFERENT AND EFFERENT CONNECTIONS OF THE MEDIAL, INFERIOR AND LATERAL VESTIBULAR NUCLEI IN THE CAT AND MONKEY
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-8993(83)90223-8
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
CARPENTER, MB
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作者:
CARLETON, SC;CARPENTER, MB
Attempts were made to determine the afferent and efferent connections of the medial (MVN), inferior (IVN) and lateral (LVN) vestibular nuclei (VN) in the cat and monkey using retrograde and anterograde axoplasmic transport technics. Injections of HRP [horseradish peroxidase] and [3H]amino acids were made selectively into MVN, IVN and LVN and into: MVN and IVN, LVN and IVN and all 4 VN. The most impressive brainstem afferents to VN are commissural fibers. MVN receives and projects the major commissural fibers. Cerebellovestibular afferents are distributed ipsilaterally and differentially, in that: LVN receives projections from the anterior lobe vermis; IVN receives fibers primarily from the nodulus and uvula and MVN receives inputs primarily from central parts of the flocculus. Fastigial projections to LVN arise bilaterally from rostral parts of the nuclei, while those to IVN are crossed from central regions. Secondary vestibulocerebellar fibers from MVN and IVN end in portions of the vestibuloce-rebellum. No fibers from MVN, IVN or LVN terminate in the deep cerebellar nuclei. The perihypoglossal nuclei have bilateral reciprocal connections with IVN and MVN, MVN receives fibers from the ipsilateral INC [interstitial nucleus of Cajal] and projects to the contralateral INC. The only spinal nucleus projecting upon the VN is the central cervical nucleus. Questions are raised concerning described spinovestibular fibers. The ipsilateral nodulus and uvula receive direct projects from IVN and the opposite half of the uvula receives indirect projections from IVN via nucleus .beta.. Projections from MVN terminate bilaterally and asymmetrically in the AN and OMC [oculomotor nuclear complex], and contralaterally in TN [trochlear nucleus]. Ascending fibers from the IVN terminate contralaterally only in the TN and parts of the OMC. The ascending tract of Deiters'' (ATD) was seen only in the cat.