[The effect of adequate stimulation of the vestibular apparatus on evoked rhythmic activity in the nerves of the forelimbs in the immobilized guinea pig].

The influence of adequate vestibular stimulation on the rhythmical activity of forelimb nerves evoked by electrical stimulation of the mesencephalic locomotor region in combination with DOPA administration was registered in an immobilized guinea pig. Rhythmical activity was mainly registered in the flexor nerve. Intensity of the activity changed with animal tilting, decreasing during an ipsilateral incline and increasing during a contralateral one. These changes revealed a phase lag of -110 divided by -150 degrees relative to angular acceleration during cyclic tilting about a longitudinal axis with frequencies of 0.02-0.4 Hz.