ISSN:
1432-1106
Keywords:
Medial vestibular nucleus
;
Neck motoneurons
;
Monosynaptic IPSP
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Stimulation of the brain stem in cats anesthetized with pentobarbital evoked short-latency IPSPs in many neck motoneurons. From the segmental delay of these IPSPs, and from comparison of their latencies with those of monosynaptic EPSPs evoked in the same motoneuron population by stimulation of the brain stem, it is concluded that the IPSPs are monosynaptic and are produced by descending inhibitory fibers. As many as thirteen electrodes were inserted into the medulla and pons to compare threshold stimuli required to evoke monosynaptic IPSPs from different locations. The points with the lowest threshold were in the medial vestibular nucleus and the medial longitudinal fasciculus. The IPSPs are apparently produced by fibers that originate in the medial vestibular nucleus and reach the upper cervical segments via the MLF. Electrical stimulation of the ipsilateral labyrinth often produces disynaptic IPSPs in neck motoneurons, very probably by means of a relay in the medial nucleus. This inhibitory pathway between labyrinth and neck motoneurons, together with the previously described excitatory pathway relaying in Deiters' nucleus, provides some of the pathways utilized by the labyrinth in regulation of head position.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00235245
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