title: Vestibular efferents contain peripherin.
abstract: Vestibular efferents have a common origin with the motoneurons of the facial nerve. In adults they share a number of common features, such as the same transmitter. Here we show using retrograde transport and immunohistochemistry, that the vestibular efferents, like facial motoneurons, contain peripherin. This supports the suggestion that peripherin-positive fibers at the apex of the cristae ampullaris are efferents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1043, USA. rbleonar@utmb.edu
authors.forename: Robert B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Leonard
authors.forename: Golda Anne
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Kevetter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004525:Efferent Pathways / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology; D005260:Female; D005849:Gerbillinae; D007381:Intermediate Filament Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D064531:Peripherins; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D014725:Vestibular Nerve / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
chemical_list: D007381:Intermediate Filament Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D064531:Peripherins