Differential central projections of vestibular afferents in pigeons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 110-131

  Dickman, J David ^a,b   Fang, Qian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebellum; HRP; oculomotor; primary afferents; vestibular nuclei

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; EYE MOVEMENT; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIMARY AFFERENT DEPOLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLERA TOXIN; COLUMBIDAE; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 0029863603     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960325)367:1<110::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

References (71)

1. Abend, W.K. (1977) Functional organization of the superior vestibular nucleus of the squirrel monkey. Brain Res. 132:65-04.
2. Anastasio, T J , M.J. Correia, and A.A. Peraehio (1985) Spontaneous and driven responses of semicircular canal primary afferents in the unanesthetized pigeon. J. Neurophysiol. 54:335-347.
3. Angelaki, D. E (1992) Spatio-temporal convergence (STC) in otolith neurons. Biol. Cybern. 67:83-96.
4. Angelaki, D.E , G.A. Bush, and A.A. Perachio (1992) A model for the characterization of the spatial properties in vestibular neurons. Biol. Cybern. 66.231-240
5. Barmack, N.H., R.W. Baughman, P. Errico, and H. Shojaku (1993) Vestibular primary afferent projection to the cerebellum of the rabbit. J. Comp. Neurol. 327:521-534
6. Boord, R.L., and H.J. Karten (1979) Neuroanatomical aspects of the vestibular system of the pigeon. In A.M Granada and J H. Maxwell (eds): Neural Mechanisms of Behavior in the Pigeon. New York. Plenum Press, pp. 255-265.
7. Boord, R.L., and G.L. Rasmussen (1963) Projection of the cochlear and lagenar nerves on the cochlear nuclei of the pigeon. J. Comp Neurol. 120:463-475.
8. Boyle, R., J.M. Goldberg, and S.M. Highstein (1992) Inputs from regularly and irregularly discharging vestibular nerve afferents to secondary neurons in squirrel monkey vestibular nuclei. III. Correlation with vestibulospinal and vestibulo-ocular output pathways. J. Neurophysiol. 65:471-484
9. Brodai, A. (1974) Anatomy of the vestibular nuclei and their connections. In H.H. Kornhuber (ed). Handbook of Sensory Physiology. Vol. 4/1: Vestibular System, Part 1, Basic Mechanics. New York: Springer-Verlag.
10. Burian, M., W. Gstoettner, and R. Mayr (1990) Brainstem projection of the vestibular nerve in the guinea pig. An HRP (horseradish peroxidase) and WGA-HRP (wheat germ agglutinin-HRP) study J. Comp. Neurol. 293:165-177
11. Bush, G.A., A.A. Perachio, and D.E. Angelaki (1993) Encoding of head acceleration in vestibular neurons I. Spatiotemporal response properties to linear acceleration. J. Neurophysiol. 69:2039-2055.
12. Carleton, S.C., and M.B. Carpenter (1983) Afferent and efferent connections of the medial, inferior and lateral vestibular nuclei in the cat and monkey. Brain Res. 278:29-51.
13. Carleton, S.C., and M B Carpenter (1984) Distribution of primary vestibular fibers in the brainstem and cerebellum of the monkey. Brain Res. 294:281-298
14. Correia, M.J., A.R. Eden, K.N. Westlund, and J.D. Coulter (1983) A study of some of the ascending and descending vestibular pathways in the pigeon (Columba livia) using anterograde transneuronal autoradiography. Brain Res. 278:53-61
15. Cox, R.G., and K.D. Peusner (1990) Horseradish peroxidase labeling of the efferent and afferent pathways of the avian tangential vestibular nucleus J Comp. Neurol 256:324-341.
16. Craigie, E.H. (1928) Observations on the brain of the humming bird (Chrysolampis Mosquitus Linn. and Chlorostilibon Caribaeus Lawr.) J. Comp. Neurol. 45:377-483.
17. Curthoys, I.S., and C H. Markham (1971) Convergence of labyrinthine influences on units in the vestibular nuclei of the cat. I. Natural stimulation. Brain Res. 35:469-490.
18. Dickman, J.D., and M.J. Correia (1989a) Responses of pigeon horizontal semicircular canal afferent fibers. I. Step, trapezoid, and low-frequency sinusoid mechanical and rotational stimulation. J. Neurophysiol 62 1090-1101.
19. Dickman, J.D , and M.J. Correia (1989b) Responses of pigeon horizontal semicircular canal afferent fibers. II. High frequency mechanical stimulation. J. Neurophysiol. 62:1101-1112.
20. Dickman, J.D., and M.J. Correia (1993) Bilateral communication between vestibular labyrinths in pigeons. Neuroscience 57:1097-1108.
21. Donaldson, I.M.L., and P.C. Knox (1990) Directionally specific effects of afferent signals from the extraocular muscles upon responses in the pigeon brainstem to horizontal vestibular stimulation. Neuroscience 38:145-161.
22. Fujii, M., and T. Kusama (1984) Fixation of horseradish peroxidase reaction products with ammonium molybdate. Neurosci. Res. 1:153-156.
23. Fukushima, K., S.I Perlmutter, J.F. Baker, and B.W. Peterson (1990) Spatial properties of second-order vestibulo-ocular relay neurons in the alert cat. Exp. Brain Res. 81:462-278.
24. Gacek, R. R. (1969) The course and central termination of first order neurons supplying vestibular endorgans in the cat. Acta Otolaryngol. Suppl 254:1-66.
25. Gacek, R.R. (1979) Location of trochlear vestibulo-ocular neurons in the cat Exp. Neurol. 66:692-706.
26. Gerrits, N.M , A H. Epema, A. van Linge, and E. Dalm (1989) The primary vestibulocerebellar projection in the rabbit. Absence of primary afferents in the flocculus. Neurosci. Lett 105:27-33
27. Haines, D.E. (1975) Cerebellar corticovestibular fibers of the posterior lobe in a prosimian primate, the lesser bushbaby (Galago senegalensis). J. Comp Neurol. 160:363-398.
28. Harris, L.R (1984) The effect of tilt on the response of vestibular nucleus neurons to horizontal angular acceleration in the rat Acta Otolaryngol Suppl 406:149-153.
29. Hess, B.J.M., and D.E. Angelaki (1993) Modeling spatiotemporal properties of directionally sensitive multi-input single-output systems. Biol. Cybernet. 69.407-414.
30. Highstein, S.M., A. Karabelas, R. Baker, and R.A. McCrea (1982) Comparison of the morphology of physiologically identified abducens motor and internuclear neurons in the cat: A light microscopic study employing the intracellular injection of horseradish peroxidase. J. Comp. Neurol 208:369-381.
31. Highstein, S.M., R. Kitch, J Carey, and R Baker (1992) Anatomical organization of the brainstem octavolateralis area of the oyster toadfish, Opsanus tau. J Comp. Neurol. 319:501-518.
32. Ishizuka, N., H. Mannen, S. Sasaki, and H Shimazu (1980) Axonal branches and terminations in the cat abducens nucleus of secondary vestibular neurons in the horizontal canal system. Neurosci Lett. 16:143-148.
33. Isu, N., and J. Yokota (1983) Morphophysiological study on the divergent projection of axon collaterals of medial vestibular nucleus neurons in the cat. Exp. Brain Res. 53:151-162
34. Isu, N., A. Sakuma, M. Kitahara, T. Ichikawa, S Watanabe, and Y. Uchino (1989) Extracellular recording of vestibulo-thalamic neurons projecting to the spinal cord in the cat. Neurosci. Lett. 104:25-30.
35. Isu, N., A. Sakuma, K. Hiranuma, H. Uchino, S.-I. Sasaki, M. Imagawa, and Y. Uchino (1991) The neuronal organization of horizontal semicircular canal activated inhibitory vestibulocollic neurons in the cat. Exp. Brain Res. 86:9-17.
36. Karten, H.J., and W. Hodos (1967) A Stereotaxic Atlas of the Brain of the Pigeon (Columbia livia). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.
37. Kevetter, G.A., and A.A. Perachio (1986) Distribution of vestibular afferents that innervate the sacculus and posterior canal in the gerbil. J. Comp. Neurol 254:410-424.
38. Korte, G.E. (1979) The brainstem projection of the vestibular nerve in the cat J Comp. Neurol. 184:279-292
39. Kotchabhakdi, N., and F. Walberg (1978) Primary vestibular afferent projections to the cerebellum as demonstrated by retrograde axonal transport of horseradish peroxidase. Brain Res. 142:142-146.
40. Kuruvilla, A., S. Sitko, I.E. Schwartz, and V. Honrubia (1985) Central projections of primary vestibular fibers in the bullfrog: I The vestibular nuclei. Laryngoscope 95:692-707.
41. Lang, W., J.A. Buttner-Ennever, and U. Buttner (1979) Vestibular projections to the monkey thalamus: An autoradiographic study. Brain Res. 177:3-17.
42. Lannou, J., L. Cazin, and K. Hamann (1980) Response of central vestibular neurons to horizontal linear acceleration in the rat. Pflugers Arch. 385:123-129.
43. Lorente de Nó, R. (1933) Anatomy of the eighth nerve. The central projection of the nerve endings of the internal ear. Laryngoscope 43:1-38.
44. Mannen, H., S. Sasaki, and N. Ishizuka (1982) Trajectory of primary vestibular fibers originating from the lateral, anterior, and posterior semicircular canals m the cat Proc. Jpn. Acad. 58:237-242.
45. Matesz, C. (1979) Central projections of the VIIIth cranial nerve in the frog. Neuroscience 4:2061-2071.
46. Matsuo, S., M. Hosogai, and S. Nakao (1994) Ascending projections of posterior canal-activated excitatory and inhibitory secondary vestibular neurons to the mesodiencephalon in cats. Exp. Brain Res. 100:7-17.
47. Mayner. L., F.D Smyth, L. Pearson, and K.J. Sanderson (1980) An autoradiographic study of eighth nerve projections in the galah, Eolophus roseicapilla. Brain Res. 183:200-204
48. McCrea, R.A., A. Strassman, and S M. Highstein (1987a) Anatomical and physiological characteristics of vestibular neurons mediating the vertical vestibulo-ocular reflexes of the squirrel monkey. J Comp. Neurol. 264.571-594
49. McCrea, R.A., A. Strassman, E. May, and S M. Highstein (1987b) Anatomical and physiological characteristics of vestibular neurons mediating the horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex of the squirrel monkey J. Comp. Neurol. 264:547-570.
50. Meredith, G.E., and B. Butler (1983) Organization of eighth nerve afferent projections from individual endorgans of the inner ear in the teleost, Astonotus ocellatus. J. Comp Neurol. 220.44-62.
51. Minor, L.B., R.A. McCrea, and J.M. Goldberg (1990) Dual projections of secondary vestibular axons in the medial longitudinal fasciculus to extraocular motor nuclei and the spinal cord of the squirrel monkey. Exp. Brain Res. 83:3-21.
52. Mitsacos, A.. H. Reisine, and S.M Highstein (1983a) The superior vestibular nucleus. An intracellular HRP study in the cat. I Vestibulo-ocular neurons. J. Comp. Neurol. 215.78-91
53. Mitsacos, A , H Reisine, and S.M. Highstein (1983b) The superior vestibuar nucleus: An intracellular HRP study in the cat II. Nonvestibulo-ocular neurons J. Comp. Neurol. 215:92-107.
54. Perachio, A.A, J.D. Dickman, and M.J. Correia (1988) Morphological and functional characteristics of semicircular canal afferents sensitive to head tilt. In J.C. Hwang, N.G. Daunton, and V.J. Wilson (eds): Basic and Applied Aspects of Vestibular Function. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press
55. Peterson, B.W , K. Fukushima, N. Hirai, R.H. Schor, and V.J. Wilson (1980) Responses of vestibulospinal and reticulospinal neurons to sinusoidal vestibular stimulation J. Neurophysiol. 43:1236-1250.
56. Peusner, K.D. (1984) The development of synapses and "spoon" synaptic terminal space in the tangential vestibular nucleus. A quantitative electron microscope study. J. Comp. Neurol. 230 372-285.
57. Peusner, K.D , and D.K. Morest (1977) The neuronal architecture and topography of the nucleus vestibularis tangentialis in the late chick embryo. Neuroscience 2:189-207.
58. Sanders. E.B. (1929) A consideration of certain bulbar, mid-brain, and cerebellar centers and fiber tracts in birds. J Comp. Neurol. 49:155-222.
59. Schwarz, D.W.F., and I.E. Schwarz (1983) The primary vestibular projection to the cerebellar cortex in the pigeon (Columba livia). J. Comp. Neurol. 216:438-444.
60. Schwarz, D W.F , and I.E. Schwarz (1986) Projection of afferents from individual vestibular sense organs to the vestibular nuclei in the pigeon. Acta Otolaryngol. 102.463-473.
61. Shimazu, H., and W. Precht (1965) Tonic and kinetic responses of cats vestibular neurons to horizontal angular acceleration. J. Neurophysiol. 28:991-1013.
62. Siegborn, J., K. Yingcharoen, and G. Grant (1991) Brainstem projections of different branches of the vestibular nerve: An experimental study by transganglionic transport of horseradish peroxidase in the cat. Anat Embryol. 184:291-299.
63. Stein, B M , and M.B. Carpenter (1967) Central projections of portions of vestibular ganglia innervating specific parts of the labyrinth in the rhesus monkey. Am J. Anat. 120:281-318.
64. Suarez, C., A. Kuruvilla, S. Sitko, I. Schwartz, and V. Honrubia (1985) Central projections of primary vestibular fibers in the bullfrog. II. Nerve branches from individual receptors. Laryngoscope 95:1238-1250.
65. Vollrath, R W., and J.D. Delius (1976) Vestibular projections to the thalamus of the pigeon Brain Behav Evol. 13:58-68
66. Wild, J.M. (1988) Vestibular projections to the thalamus of the pigeon. An anatomical study. J. Comp. Neurot 271:451-460.
67. Wilson, V.J , and L.P. Felpel (1972) Specificity of semicircular canal input to neurons in the pigeon vestibular nuclei. J. Neurophysiol. 35:253-264.
68. Wilson, V.J , and R.M. Wyhe (1970) A short-latency labyrinthine input to the vestibular nuclei in the pigeon. Science 168:124-126.
69. Wilson, V.J., M. Kato, B.W. Peterson, and R.M. Wylie (1967) A single unit analysis of the organization of Deiters' nucleus. J. Neurophysiol. 30:603-619.
70. Wold. J.E. (1975) The vestibular nuclei in the domestic hen (Gallus domesticus) II. Primary afferents. Brain Res. 5:531-543
71. Wold. J.E. (1976) The vestibular nuclei in the domestic hen (Gallus domesticus) I Normal Anatomy. Anat. Embryol. 149:29-46.