Vollrath F W, Delius J D
Brain Behav Evol. 1976;13(1):56-68.
Microelectrode recording in the thalamus of pigeons subjected to tilt and sinusoidal rotational stimuli around the vertical, longitudinal and transversal axes revealed vestibularly driven units in two thalamic nuclei, the nucleus posteroventralis and the nucleus principalis precommissuralis. Many of these units responded in a complex manner suggesting that inputs from contralateral and ipsilateral cupulae and maculae converged on them. A few units received additional visual or proprioceptive information. The homology relationship with a mammalian vestibular thalamic nucleus is discussed briefly.
在鸽子丘脑进行微电极记录，使其围绕垂直轴、纵轴和横轴受到倾斜和正弦旋转刺激，结果发现在丘脑的两个核团，即后腹核和连合前主核中存在前庭驱动单元。这些单元中的许多以复杂的方式做出反应，表明来自对侧和同侧壶腹嵴及黄斑的输入汇聚到它们身上。少数单元还接收额外的视觉或本体感觉信息。文中简要讨论了与哺乳动物前庭丘脑核的同源关系。
