Somatic location, axonal trajectories and synaptic effects of inhibitory vestibulocollic neurons which were activated by selective stimulation of the anterior semicircular canal nerve (ACN) were studied in the anesthetized cat. ACN stimulation evoked disynaptic inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSPs) in neck flexor motoneurons. This was seen in all the (64/64) tested motoneurons innervating the ipsilateral (i-) longus capitis (LC) and the i-sternocleidomastoideus (SCM) muscles and in 86% (38/44) of the motoneurons innervating the contralateral (c-) LC muscle. The inhibitory relay neurons, identified by orthodromic and antidromic responses to stimulation of the ACN and the i- and c-LC motoneuron pools, were classified as VCi (vestibulocollic neurons sending an axon to the i-LC motoneuron pool) and VCc (vestibulocollic neurons sending an axon to the c-LC motoneuron pool) neurons. Neither VCi nor VCc neurons were activated antidromically by localized stimulation of the ascending medial longitudinal fasciculus (asc. MLF) or the 3rd nuclei. They were located in the medial, descending and ventral lateral vestibular nuclei. It was also observed that VCi neurons produced unitary IPSPs in i-LC and i-SCM motoneurons in the C1 segment. Inhibitory synapses were estimated to be on the cell somata and/or the proximal dendrites of the motoneurons.
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