vestibular nucleus

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vestibular
adjective
uk
/vesˈtɪb.jə.lər/us
/vesˈtɪb.jə.lɚ/
relating to empty spaces in the body that are entrances to passages or ...
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nucleus
noun[C]
uk
/ˈnjuː.kli.əs/us
/ˈnuː.kli.əs/
physicsspecialized
the central part of an atom, usually made up of protons ...
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Aging and the humanvestibularnucleus.
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Axons of the vestibular nerve synapse in thevestibularnucleuson the lateral floor and wall of the fourth ventricle in the pons and medulla.
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The medial part of the vestibulospinal tract is the smaller part, and is primarily made of fibers from the medialvestibularnucleus.
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Lesions of thevestibularnucleusimpair function.
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The vestibular nuclei are a major center for the integration of visual, vestibular, and muscular proprioceptive inputs and may also receive flight-related signals.
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The primary afferent projections of vestibular end organs are distributed to several ipsilateral vestibular nuclei.
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The associated eye movements are related to reflexive and orienting responses to the dreamt surround via feedback loop connecting cortex to vestibular nuclei.
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There are four major vestibular nuclei on each side (medial, descending, superior and lateral) which communicate bilaterally through a predominantly inhibitory commissural system.
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There are extensive afferent and efferent connections between the vestibular nuclei and the posterior cerebellum.
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Much of this information is processed at an unconscious level (mainly by the cerebellum and the vestibular nuclei).
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Vestibular nuclei have been shown to span all the rhombomeres, some correlating with the boundaries of the rhombomeres.
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This region of the cerebellum has important connections to the vestibular nuclei and uses information about head movement to influence eye movement.
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One exception is that fibers from the flocculonodular lobe synapse directly on vestibular nuclei without first passing through the deep cerebellar nuclei.
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Under normal conditions, medial and vestibular nuclei, cortical, thalamic, and cerebellar centers coordinate things such as head and eye movement, and orientation in space.
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The fastigial nucleus is the most medial efferent cerebellar nucleus, targeting the pontine and medullary reticular formation as well as the vestibular nuclei.
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It receives afferent input from the vermis, and efferents travel via the inferior cerebellar peduncle to the vestibular nuclei.
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The vestibular nuclei receive information through the vestibulocochlear nerve about changes in the orientation of the head.
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These impulses travel along the vestibular portion of the eighth cranial nerve to the vestibular nuclei in the brainstem.
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Regular afferent signals and irregular afferent signals travel to the vestibular nuclei in the brain, although irregular signals are at least two times more sensitive.
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