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Intracellular recordings from Deiters' neurons in response to saccular and oculomotor nucleus stimulations

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2 populations of cells were found in the Deiters' nucleus responsive to direct electrical stimulation of the ipsilateral saccule. Only those Deiters' neurons activated monosynaptically from the saccule could be driven antidromically from the oculomotor nucleus. Such an intracellular study provides strong evidence for a tri-neuronal arc in the sacculo-ocular reflex for vertical eye movements.

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  1. W. F. Poon

    Present address: Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA

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  1. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Sasson Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Y. S. Chan, J. C. Hwang & W. F. Poon

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Acknowledgment. This study was supported by the Medical Faculty Research Grant No. 377/004/03, University of Hong Kong.

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Chan, Y.S., Hwang, J.C. & Poon, W.F. Intracellular recordings from Deiters' neurons in response to saccular and oculomotor nucleus stimulations. Experientia 33, 475–476 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922219

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