title: Horizontal rotation responses of medullary reticular neurons in the decerebrate cat.
abstract: This study examines the response of neurons in the medullary reticular formation of the decerebrate cat to sinusoidal yaw rotations in the plane of the horizontal semicircular canals. Responsive neurons that could be antidromically activated from the spinal cord appeared to be less sensitive to the rotary stimulus than the rest of the population or responsive neurons. Most neurons had response dynamics similar to those of semicircular canal afferents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Schor
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Yates
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D003655:Decerebrate State; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D012154:Reticular Formation / Q000502:physiology*; D012399:Rotation; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000502:physiology; D014725:Vestibular Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000502:physiology