Vestibular Projections to the Thalamus of the Pigeon
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Brain, Behavior and Evolution
- Vol. 13 (1) , 58-68
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000123833
Abstract
Microelectrode recording in the thalamus of pigeons [Columba livia] subjected to tilt and sinusoidal rotational stimuli around the vertical, longitudinal and transversal axes revealed vestibularly driven units in 2 thalamic nuclei, the nucleus posteroventralis and the nucleus principalis precommissuralis. Many of these units responded in a complex manner suggesting that inputs from contralateral and ipsilateral cupulae and maculae converged on them. A few units received additional visual or proprioceptive information. The homology relationship with a mammalian vestibular thalamic nucleus was discussed briefly.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: