Vestibular units during decompensation.
Typical modifications of the unitary discharge of vestibular units have been recorded following the transection of the spinal cord of hemilabyrinthectomized and compensated guinea-pigs. These results support the concept that the spinal cord is essential in the compensation of the symptoms resulting from a lesion of one labyrinth.
D000818:Animals; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000502:physiology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000502:physiology*; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology*