Preferred axis of rotation of floccular Purkinje cells in the decerebrate cat.
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].
Powell
K D
KD
Department of Physiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. kdp@lsr.nei.nih.gov
Quinn
K J
KJ
Peterson
B W
BW
Baker
J F
JF
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*