Abstract
The vestibular nuclei were investigated in 18 adult cats. Vestibulo-oculo-motor neurons were identified by antidromic stimulation of the ascending medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF). The neurons were subjected to various stimuli: vestibular, neck, forelimb and hindlimb nerve stimulation on both sides. The recording was extracellular with micropipettes containing Fast Green. Only the medial and the superior vestibular nuclei were found to project to the MLF. All projecting units had input from the labyrinths. Excitatory response latencies to ipsilateral labyrinth stimulation never exceeded 3 msec. Both excitatory and inhibitory response latencies could be distributed into different categories. The majority of the neurons did not receive a somatosensory input, and surprisingly few convergent units could be seen. Peripheral somatosensory information apparently plays a minor role in vestibulo-ocular relations.
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