ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2021
Differences in the Structure and Function of the Vestibular Efferent System Among Vertebrates.
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- Electrophysiological Characterization of Murine Vestibular Efferent Neurons and Modulation by Acute Peripheral Vestibular Deprivation.Neuroscience bulletin · 2026Article
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- A New Perspective to Interpret How the Vestibular Efferent System Correlates the Complexity of Routine Balance Maintenance with Management of Emergency Fall Prevention Strategies.Audiology research · 2024Article
- Context-independent encoding of passive and active self-motion in vestibular afferent fibers during locomotion in primates.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Challenges to the Vestibular System in Space: How the Brain Responds and Adapts to Microgravity.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2021Review
- The Long and Winding Road-Vestibular Efferent Anatomy in Mice.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2021Article
- Characterizing the Access of Cholinergic Antagonists to Efferent Synapses in the Inner Ear.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
- Loss of α-9 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subunit Predominantly Results in Impaired Postural Stability Rather Than Gaze Stability.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2021Article
- The Hair Cell α9α10 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor: Odd Cousin in an Old Family.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2021Review
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Abstract
The role of the mammalian vestibular efferent system in everyday life has been a long-standing mystery. In contrast to what has been reported in lower vertebrate classes, the mammalian vestibular efferent system does not appear to relay inputs from other sensory modalities to the vestibular periphery. Furthermore, to date, the available evidence indicates that the mammalian vestibular efferent system does not relay motor-related signals to the vestibular periphery to modulate sensory coding of the voluntary self-motion generated during natural behaviors. Indeed, our recent neurophysiological studies have provided insight into how the peripheral vestibular system transmits head movement-related information to the brain in a context independent manner. The integration of vestibular and extra-vestibular information instead only occurs at next stage of the mammalian vestibular system, at the level of the vestibular nuclei. The question thus arises: what is the physiological role of the vestibular efferent system in mammals? We suggest that the mammalian vestibular efferent system does not play a significant role in short-term modulation of afferent coding, but instead plays a vital role over a longer time course, for example in calibrating and protecting the functional efficacy of vestibular circuits during development and aging in a role analogous the auditory efferent system.
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