TY - JOUR
T1 - Anatomical observations of the caudal vestibulo-sympathetic pathway
AU - Holstein, Gay R.
AU - Martinelli, Giorgio P.
AU - Friedrich, Victor L.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The vestibular system senses the movement and position of the head in space and uses this information to stabilize vision, control posture, perceive head orientation and self-motion in three-dimensional space, and modulate autonomic and limbic activity in response to locomotion and changes in posture. Most vestibular signals are not consciously perceived and are usually appreciated through effector pathways classically described as the vestibulo-ocular, vestibulo-spinal, vestibulo-collic and vestibulo-autonomic reflexes. The present study reviews some of the recent data concerning the connectivity and chemical anatomy of vestibular projections to autonomic sites that are important in the sympathetic control of blood pressure.
AB - The vestibular system senses the movement and position of the head in space and uses this information to stabilize vision, control posture, perceive head orientation and self-motion in three-dimensional space, and modulate autonomic and limbic activity in response to locomotion and changes in posture. Most vestibular signals are not consciously perceived and are usually appreciated through effector pathways classically described as the vestibulo-ocular, vestibulo-spinal, vestibulo-collic and vestibulo-autonomic reflexes. The present study reviews some of the recent data concerning the connectivity and chemical anatomy of vestibular projections to autonomic sites that are important in the sympathetic control of blood pressure.
KW - Vestibular nuclei
KW - vestibulo-autonomic control
KW - vestibulo-sympathetic pathways
KW - vestibulo-sympathetic reflex
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79952929422&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3233/VES-2011-0395
DO - 10.3233/VES-2011-0395
M3 - Article
C2 - 21422542
AN - SCOPUS:79952929422
SN - 0957-4271
VL - 21
SP - 49
EP - 62
JO - Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation
JF - Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation
IS - 1
ER -