title: Commissural projections of the superior vestibular nucleus in the rat.
abstract: Wheatgerm agglutinin horseradish peroxidase (WGA-HRP) injections confined to the superior vesicular nucleus (SVN) of six Fischer 344 rats labeled commissural vestibular neurons (CVN) in central and ventral portions of contralateral SVN and Group Y nucleus (Grp Y). When the injection included medial vestibular nucleus (MVN) and Grp Y, labeling was similar with additional labeling in contralateral ventrolateral MVN. A dried pledget of WGA-HRP placed in a midline IV ventricle lesion (N = 4), bilaterally labeled SVN and Grp Y (MVN could not be assessed) CVN. While Grp Y CVN are significantly smaller (138.8 +/- 64.7 microns2) than the CVN in the SVN (177.9 +/- 73.9 microns2) or MVN (196.2 +/- 61.9 microns2), cellular eccentricity (shape) is similar in all three nuclei (0.80, 0.77, SVN, MVN, Grp Y).
authors.affiliation: SUNY Health Science Center, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Syracuse 13210.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Ketterer
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lyon
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Gacek
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D014725:Vestibular Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D014726:Vestibular Nuclei / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase