title: Preferred axis of rotation of floccular Purkinje cells in the decerebrate cat.
abstract: Responses of 35 Purkinje cells in decerebrate cats were recorded during 0.5 Hz rotations in 4-11 vertical planes and the horizontal plane to determine their semicircular canal input. Most neurons received convergent input from two canals (21 neurons) or 3 canals (5 neurons). Few Purkinje cells were maximally sensitive to rotations about an axis appropriate to their inferior olivary input as determined by Gerrits and Voogd [15,24,27,49].
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. kdp@lsr.nei.nih.gov
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002465:Cell Movement; D003655:Decerebrate State; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D011689:Purkinje Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D012399:Rotation; D012665:Semicircular Canals / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology*