Affiliations: [a] Department of Otolaryngology and Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | [b] Department of Otolaryngology and Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Note: [1] Supported by NIH Grants NS24930, DC00693, and EY08098.
Note: [*] Reprint address: Robert H. Schor, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, 203 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
Abstract: This study examines the response of neurons in the medullary reticular formation of the decerebrate cat to sinusoidal yaw rotations in the plane of the horizontal semicircular canals. Responsive neurons that could be antidromically activated from the spinal cord appeared to be less sensitive to the rotary stimulus than the rest of the population of responsive neurons. Most neurons had response dynamics similar to those of semicircular canal afferents.
