Rubin A M, Liedgren S R, Miline A C, Young J A, Fredrickson J M
Pflugers Arch. 1977 Oct 19;371(1-2):155-60. doi: 10.1007/BF00580784.
The vestibular nuclei of cats were explored extracellulary with micropipettes to locate units with a resting discharge rate which responded to rotation in the horizontal plane. These units were examined for somatosensory input from neck and limbs. Fewer than half responded to somatosensory stimulation. The neck region was the body area most effective in influencing unitary activity. The response pattern most often noted was an increase and decrease in discharge frequency when the body was moved towards and away from the recording electrode respectively. Change in discharge rate was observed to be primarily dependant upon neck velocity and not upon absolute neck position. Half of the somatosensory units received input from either the forelimbs or the hindlimbs, while the remaining half responded to both.
用微电极对猫的前庭核进行细胞外记录，以定位静息放电率对水平平面旋转有反应的神经元。对这些神经元检查了来自颈部和四肢的躯体感觉输入。不到一半的神经元对躯体感觉刺激有反应。颈部区域是影响神经元活动最有效的身体部位。最常观察到的反应模式是，当身体分别向记录电极靠近和远离时，放电频率先增加后降低。观察到放电率的变化主要取决于颈部的速度，而不是颈部的绝对位置。一半的躯体感觉神经元只从前肢或后肢接受输入，而其余一半则对两者都有反应。
