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GABA distribution in the central vestibular system after retroauricular galvanic stimulation. An immunohistochemical
1Department of Otolaryngology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Japan.
Acta Oto-Laryngologica. Supplementum
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
The changes of the neurotransmitter (GABA) distribution in the brain stem of rats by retroauricular galvanic stimulation were investigated using the immunohistochemical method. In the lateral vestibular nucleus GABA-like immunoreactivity was more intensive on the side ipsilateral to the anodal stimulation than on the other side. It is concluded that retroauricular galvanic stimulation causes some changes in the inhibitory activity of the lateral vestibulo-spinal tract and of the spinal motor neuron.