Vestibular Efferents Contain Peripherin.
From: Department of Neurosciences and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1043, USA. rbleonar@utmb.edu
Neuroscience letters
- Publish Date: Nov 2006
- ISSN: 0304-3940
- Volume: 408
- Issue: 2
- Pages: 104-7
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Leonard Robert B, Kevetter Golda Anne, et al. Vestibular Efferents Contain Peripherin.. Neurosci. Lett. Nov 2006;408:104-7
Abstract
Vestibular efferents have a common origin with the motoneurons of the facial nerve. In adults they share a number of common features, such as the same transmitter. Here we show using retrograde transport and immunohistochemistry, that the vestibular efferents, like facial motoneurons, contain peripherin. This supports the suggestion that peripherin-positive fibers at the apex of the cristae ampullaris are efferents.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Efferent Pathways, Female, Gerbillinae, Intermediate Filament Proteins, Male, Membrane Glycoproteins, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Staining and Labeling, Vestibular Nerve, Vestibule, Labyrinth
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