title: Primary vestibular projections in the chinchilla.
abstract: The central projections of fibers from the vestibular nerve were studied in 19 chinchillas after horseradish peroxidase labelling. In addition, the limits of the vestibular nuclei and the anatomical characteristics of their neurons were also studied. All five vestibular nuclei received primary afferents, but there were extensive areas of them that received very little or no projections at all, such as the rostral part of the superior vestibular nucleus, the dorsocaudal part of the lateral vestibular nucleus, the caudal half of the medial vestibular nucleus and the caudalmost aspect of the dorsal vestibular nucleus.
authors.affiliation: Division of Head and Neck Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Suárez
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Honrubia
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Newman
mesh_terms: D000344:Afferent Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002452:Cell Count; D002682:Chinchilla / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014725:Vestibular Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014726:Vestibular Nuclei / Q000033:anatomy & histology*