title: Studies on the integrative activity of the vestibular nuclei complex.
abstract: Central mechanisms currently used in clinical vestibular tests are far more complex than generally thought. The first synaptic station, the vestibular nuclei, represents a sensory-motor centre integrating vestibular impulses with proprioceptive afferents from muscles and joints. This convergence can be found on cells with long axons projecting to the oculo-motor system, to the spinal cord and to the thalamus as well as on cells without long projecting axons. There are also vestibulo-motor cells transmitting pure vestibular information.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D009802:Oculomotor Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D014724:Vestibular Function Tests; D014726:Vestibular Nuclei / Q000502:physiology*; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000502:physiology*