title: Response patterns of vestibulospinal neurons to lumbar rotation in decerebrate rats.
abstract: In vestibulospinal neurons projecting to the lumbar enlargement, activities were modulated in response to alternate tilts of the caudal body around the vertebral axis. Three types of neurons were found: Type I (37.8%) showed faster firing during the ipsilateral side-down tilt; type II (51.1%) showed the reverse pattern; type III were unaffected. Types I and II may be important in the tonic lumbar reflex.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, Yonezawa, Yamagata 992-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Sei-etsu
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D009068:Movement; D009434:Neural Pathways; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D011187:Posture; D051381:Rats; D012018:Reflex; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000601:surgery; D013127:Spinal Nerves / Q000502:physiology*; D014726:Vestibular Nuclei / Q000502:physiology*