Leonard Robert B, Kevetter Golda Anne
Department of Neurosciences and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1043, USA.
Neurosci Lett. 2006 Nov 13;408(2):104-7. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.08.072. Epub 2006 Sep 25.
Vestibular efferents have a common origin with the motoneurons of the facial nerve. In adults they share a number of common features, such as the same transmitter. Here we show using retrograde transport and immunohistochemistry, that the vestibular efferents, like facial motoneurons, contain peripherin. This supports the suggestion that peripherin-positive fibers at the apex of the cristae ampullaris are efferents.
