title: GABA distribution in the central vestibular system after retroauricular galvanic stimulation. An immunohistochemical study.
abstract: The changes of the neurotransmitter (GABA) distribution in the brain stem of rats by retroauricular galvanic stimulation were investigated using the immunohistochemical method. In the lateral vestibular nucleus GABA-like immunoreactivity was more intensive on the side ipsilateral to the anodal stimulation than on the other side. It is concluded that retroauricular galvanic stimulation causes some changes in the inhibitory activity of the lateral vestibulo-spinal tract and of the spinal motor neuron.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sekitani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanaya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tahara
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004431:Ear, External / Q000502:physiology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008027:Light; D008297:Male; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000378:metabolism*; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid