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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1996;39(3): 365-72. |
Central Projections from the Otolith Organs in Mongolian Gerbils |
Won-Sang Lee, MD1, and Seung-Chul Lee, MD2 |
1;Department of Otorhinolaryngology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, 2;Department of Otorhinolaryngology, College of Medicine, Inha University, Sungnam, Korea |
들쥐 이석기관으로부터 구심성 신경섬유의 전정핵으로의 투사 |
이원상1 · 이승철2 |
연세대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실1;인하대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실2; |
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ABSTRACT |
Functions of macular organ have not been understood completely, but the function of the saccular macula is considered to be different from that of the utricular macula as a peripheral vestibular
receptor organ. Because distinctive secondary vestibular projections arise from particular regions within individual vestibular nucleus, the pattern of termination of primary vestibular fibers has special functional significance. So projection patterns of the saccular macula and the
utricular macula to the vestibular nuclei were investigated in the 16 Mongolian gerbils applying the scratch
method and HRP. The results were as follows : 1) In superior vestibular nucleus, afferent fibers from the utricular macula(AFU) projected to the lateral part and afferent fibers from the saccular
macular(AFS) projected to the periphery with concentration on the lateral part. 2) In lateral vestibular nucleus, AFU projected to the ventral part and AFS projected to the lateral part. 3) In medial vestibular nucleus, AFU projected to the central part in the rostral half of the nucleus and the
dorsal part in the caudal half of the nucleus, but AFS projested to the ventral part in the rostral portion and the dorsal part in the mid portion of the nucleus, but not to the caudal part of the nucleus. 4) In descending vestibular
nucleus, AFU projected to the lateral part, but AFS projected diffusely. 5) Both AFU and AFS projected to interstitial nucleus, but in group Y projection were
observed only from AFS.
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Keywords:
UtricleㆍSacculeㆍCentral projectionㆍVestibular nucleus. |
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