title: Second-order vestibular adaptation and cupular dynamics.
abstract: The magnitude of initial response and slope of continued response of 45 neurons in the vestibular nuclei of cats to constant and interrupted accelerations were investigated. Eighty-eight percent exhibited adaptation, the magnitude of which was proportional to the stimulus. Comparison of slope and intercept of the response to continuous acceleration before and after a superimposed inhibitory velocity change suggests that the adaptation phenomenon is unrelated to cupular position.
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration; D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D008954:Models, Biological; D014726:Vestibular Nuclei / Q000502:physiology*; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000502:physiology*