THE PROJECTION FROM THE LATERAL VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS TO THE SPINAL CORD-A STUDY WITH THE HRP METHOD / 解剖学报

ABSTRACT

The somatotopical projection from the lateral vestibular nucleus to differentlevels of the spinal cord in the cat was studied with the horseradish peroxidasemethod.It was found that in the lateral vestibular nucleus the cells projecting tothe cervical and lumbar segments of the cord were distributed over the entire ros-trocaudal extent,each with an area of concentration.The caudal and middle thirdsof the nucleus,especially its dorsolateral part,projected to the lumbar cord.Thecells projecting to the cervical cord were concentrated at the rostral-middle thirds ofthe nucleus and those to the thoracic cord were concentrated at the dorsal part ofthe caudal-middle thirds.The area projecting to the thoracic levels seemed tocoincide with that projecting to the lumbar levels.The cells projecting to thelumbar cord were largest in number,those to the cervical cord less and those to thethoracic cord least.