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Gravity receptors - An ultrastructural basis for peripheral sensory processingThe present ultrastructural study of serial sections has shown that type II hair cells of the anterior part of the utricular macula are integrated into the afferent neural circuitry of type I cells, which are arranged in clusters. Additionally, there exists a complex system of intramacularly originating efferent-type nerve fibers and terminals. The findings, taken together, suggest that on morphological grounds, complex processing of sensory information occurs in gravity receptors. Asymmetry of such a complex system may contribute to motion and space-motion sickness.
Document ID
19850065060
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Ross, M. D.
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI, United States)
Donovan, K.
(Michigan, University Ann Arbor, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: Physiologist, Supplement
Volume: 27
ISSN: 0031-9376
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Accession Number
85A47211
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-9047
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS2-10535
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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