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Projections thalamiques des noyaux vestibulaires: Etude histologique chez le chat

Thalamic projections of the vestibular nuclei: A histological study in the cat

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Electrolytic lesions were placed into the left vestibular nuclei of 22 adult cats. Silver impregnation for degenerated terminal fibres of serial sections revealed the existence of a relay of the corticopetal vestibular pathway in the contralateral thalamus. Its main afferent fibres originate in the superior and medial vestibular nuclei. By crosschecking the results it was possible to demarcate a focus of vestibular projections in the ventro-caudal part of the thalamus, situated between the centre median, the ventro-basal group and the caudal segment of the ventro-lateral nucleus. The direct ascending afferents of this focus are relatively few in number. The functional significance of this vestibular relay with regard to the proprioceptive influx passing through this region of the thalamus is open to discussion.

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Raymond, J., Sans, A. & Marty, R. Projections thalamiques des noyaux vestibulaires: Etude histologique chez le chat. Exp Brain Res 20, 273–283 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00238317

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