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With electrophysiological methods, it has been possible to demonstrate in the frog the existence of fibers projecting onto the crista ampullaris of the vertical anterior semicircular canal from several other ipsilateral vestibular receptors, especially the crista of the horizontal semicircular canal, possibly the crista of the vertical posterior canal and otolithic receptors. The fibers which connect vestibular receptors within the peripheral vestibular apparatus have been called “receptor-receptor fibers”. The percentage of receptor-receptor fibers in the ampullary nerve of the vertical anterior canal is about 6–8%.
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Gribenski, A., Caston, J. Fibers projecting onto the crista ampullaris of the vertical anterior semicircular canal from other ipsilateral vestibular receptors in the frog (Rana esculenta). Pflugers Arch. 349, 257–265 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00592453
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