6.20 - Task-Specific Differentiation of Central Vestibular Neurons and Plasticity During Vestibular Compensation

Soroush G. Sadeghi, Mathieu Beraneck

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Abstract

The vestibular system provides the sensorimotor transformation responsible for gaze stabilization and postural control and sends information about self-generated and externally applied movements to thalamic and cortical pathways. Neurons located in the four vestibular nuclei of vertebrates encode different aspects of head velocity together with eye/neck motion parameters and can be divided into functional subgroups based on their contributions to specific motor behaviors. The functional significance of the integration of vestibular signals with other inputs in different subsets of neurons during task-specific behaviors and their role in vestibular compensation are presented.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationThe Senses
Subtitle of host publicationA Comprehensive Reference: Volume 1-7, Second Edition
PublisherElsevier
Pages290-308
Number of pages19
Volume6
ISBN (Electronic)9780128054093
ISBN (Print)9780128054086
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Neuronal subtypes
  • PVP
  • Vestibular compensation
  • Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) pathway
  • Vestibulo-spinal pathway
  • VO
  • VOR adaptation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine
  • General Neuroscience

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