Inferior olivary neurons innervate multiple zones of the flocculus in pigeons (Columba livia)

• Published in: Journal of comparative neurology (1911) Vol. 486; no. 2; pp. 159 - 168
• Main Authors: Pakan, Janelle M.P., Todd, Kathryn G., Nguyen, Angela P., Winship, Ian R., Hurd, Peter L., Jantzie, Lauren L., Wylie, Douglas R.W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 30.05.2005
• Subjects: Animals; Axons - physiology; Axons - ultrastructure; Cerebellar Cortex - cytology; Cerebellar Cortex - physiology; cholera toxin subunit B; climbing fibers; Columbidae - anatomy & histology; Columbidae - physiology; Fixation, Ocular - physiology; Fluorescent Dyes; fluorescent tracers; Neural Pathways - cytology; Neural Pathways - physiology; Neurons - cytology; Neurons - physiology; Olivary Nucleus - cytology; Olivary Nucleus - physiology; optic flow; optokinetic; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Reflex, Vestibulo-Ocular - physiology; vestibulocerebellum

Complex spike activity of floccular Purkinje cells responds to patterns of rotational optic flow about the vertical axis (rVA neurons) or a horizontal axis 45° to the midline (rH45 neurons). The pigeon flocculus is organized into four parasagittal zones: two rVA zones (zones 0 and 2) interdigitated...