Restricted loss of olivocochlear but not vestibular efferent neurons in the senescent gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) [PDF]
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2015 Degeneration of hearing and vertigo are symptoms of age-related auditory and vestibular disorders reflecting multifactorial changes in the peripheral and central nervous system whose interplay remains largely unknown. Originating bilaterally in the brain
Susanne eRadtke-Schuller +4 more
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Single-cell analysis of inhibitory efferent neurons of the zebrafish lateral line. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe zebrafish lateral line system is a sensory network made up of neuromasts, which contain hair cells to detect water flow. Neuromasts signal via sensory afferent neurons and their activity is modulated by efferent neurons.
Remy Manuel +3 more
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Efferent projections of prokineticin 2 expressing neurons in the mouse suprachiasmatic nucleus. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) in the hypothalamus is the predominant circadian clock in mammals. To function as a pacemaker, the intrinsic timing signal from the SCN must be transmitted to different brain regions.
Chengkang Zhang +2 more
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Physiological characterization of vestibular efferent brainstem neurons using a transgenic mouse model. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The functional role of efferent innervation of the vestibular end-organs in the inner ear remains elusive. This study provides the first physiological characterization of the cholinergic vestibular efferent (VE) neurons in the brainstem by utilizing a ...
Sara Leijon, Anna K Magnusson
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Whole-brain efferent projections of glutamatergic neurons in the cingulate cortex of mice [PDF]
Molecular BrainThe cingulate cortex, on the medial cerebral hemisphere, is involved in cognitive processing, emotional regulation, nociception, voluntary motor control, and sleep modulation.
Fu Shi +5 more
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Efferent Vestibular Neurons Show Homogenous Discharge Output But Heterogeneous Synaptic Input Profile In Vitro. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Despite the importance of our sense of balance we still know remarkably little about the central control of the peripheral balance system. While previous work has shown that activation of the efferent vestibular system results in modulation of afferent ...
Miranda A Mathews +5 more
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Dynamic sensor adaptation based on efferent feedback for adaptive bio-inspired sound source localization [PDF]
Frontiers in NeuroscienceAuditory perception and localization are fundamental tasks for many species, allowing them to detect, identify, and spatially localize sound sources in their environment.
Steve Durstewitz +7 more
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Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2021 The zebrafish lateral line is a sensory system used to detect changes in water flow. It is comprized of clusters of superficial hair cells called neuromasts. Modulation occurs via excitatory and inhibitory efferent neurons located in the brain.
Remy Manuel +4 more
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The Long and Winding Road—Vestibular Efferent Anatomy in Mice
Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2022 The precise functional role of the Efferent Vestibular System (EVS) is still unclear, but the auditory olivocochlear efferent system has served as a reasonable model on the effects of a cholinergic and peptidergic input on inner ear organs.
David Lorincz +5 more
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Cortical and subcortical somatosensory regulation of dopaminergic neurons: role of the superior colliculus [PDF]
, 2011 Dopaminergic (DA) neurons exhibit a short-latency, phasic response to unexpected biologically salient stimuli, including rewards. Despite extensive research on this DA signal, very little is known about the sources of sensory ...
Bertram, Craig
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