Fukushima K, Murakami S, Ohno M, Kato M
Exp Brain Res. 1980;41(1):75-8. doi: 10.1007/BF00236681.
Neurons that project to the spinal cord were located in the mesencephalic reticular formation outside the interstitial nucleus of Cajal in cerebellectomized cats under chloralose anesthesia. Of these neurons 40% responded only at C1 (reticulospinal N cells) and the remaining 60% responded at C4 also (reticulospinal D cells). Conduction velocities of N cells were significantly slower than those of D cells. N cells and D cells responded similarly to stimulation of the whole vestibular nerves and vestibular nuclei. However, they differ in semi-circular canal inputs; N cells were more responsive to canal stimulation. Comparison of properties between mesencephalic reticulospinal and interstitiospinal neurons (Fukushima et al. 1980) showed that many reticulospinal and interstitiospinal neurons have similar properties, suggesting that functionally similar neurons may be found distributed over more than one anatomically defined cell group.
在氯醛糖麻醉下的去小脑猫中，投射至脊髓的神经元位于中脑网状结构，在 Cajal 间质核之外。这些神经元中，40%仅在 C1 处有反应（网状脊髓 N 细胞），其余 60%在 C4 处也有反应（网状脊髓 D 细胞）。N 细胞的传导速度明显慢于 D 细胞。N 细胞和 D 细胞对整个前庭神经和前庭核的刺激反应相似。然而，它们在半规管输入方面存在差异；N 细胞对管刺激更敏感。中脑网状脊髓神经元和间质脊髓神经元特性的比较（Fukushima 等人，1980 年）表明，许多网状脊髓和间质脊髓神经元具有相似的特性，这表明功能相似的神经元可能分布在不止一个解剖学定义的细胞群中。
