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Published on: September 5, 2012
Complex spike activity in the flocculus signals more than the eye can see
1Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA. john.simpson@med.nyu.edu
Abstract:
Modulation of the complex spike activity of Purkinje cells in the cerebellar flocculus can convey not only visual signals but also nonvisual signals. The nonvisual complex spike modulation, which is readily observed with vestibular stimulation of the awake rabbit in darkness, is approximately in-phase with the concomitant simple spike modulation. This nonreciprocal relationship contrasts to the reciprocal relationship found when the rabbit is afforded vision.
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