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NEUROANATOMIC SUBSTRATES FOR VESTIBULO-AUTONOMIC INTERACTIONS
Carey D. 8alaban* and Jennifer D. Portert
*Departments of Otolaryngology and Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; tDepartment of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Reprint address: Carey D. Balaban, Ph.D., Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Eye & Ear Institute, 203 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
o Abstract-Recent anatomical studies have identified a network of central neural circuits that appear to integrate vestibular and autonomic information. Like vestibulo-ocular and vestibulospinal circuits, these pathways appear to be under inhibitory modulation by distinct regions in the medial aspect of the cerebellar cortex. These central circuits have the potential to explain the known influence of vestibular stimulation on autonomic motor responses through descending effects on brain stem autonomic regions. In a more global context, the extensive convergence of vestibular and autonomic information in both vestibular and autonomic brain regions is consistent with the concept that vestibular and visceral information (for example, blood pooling and visceral proprioception) are used to form a central representation of gravitoinertial parameters during movements. Thb representation can influence neural circuitr~ invoh e(: in postural control. cardiovascular control. perception o~' the spatiai vl"rticai and emotional or aff'e cti "t' responsc!>. © 1991) Elst'\'ic:~cicnct Inc.
:J hey" ords - anatomy: vcstibular llu::Je:: cerehellum; autonomic nervous system.
Introduction
The clinical observation that vertigo is accompanied by gastrointestinal discomfort, nausea, and vomiting has long been the basis for speculations regarding mechanistic links between ves-
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tibular and visceral function. Prior to the 19th century, this observation was evident in the descriptions of the etiology of vertigo in the medical literature. which often recommended vertigo therapies directed at both the stomach (or other viscera) and brain. For example, a mid-17th century English translation of Paracelsus' Of the Mysteries of the Signes of the Zodiack contained the following discussion of vertigo:
Many who labour with this disease, the Heaven and Earth seems to them to tum like a wheel, and all things to run around ... For there is such a Convulsion of the Brain, that the Spirits of the Sight and the Brain, are impedited by a certain gross thick vapour ascending from the Stomach to the head. through the optick nerves. (1)
Thi. them, wa', al-.o eviclen; in n 17th centur:- English edition (I " Amhrose Pare ' ~ worl:~ which ree(I~lllzecl a rob: oj optic f1 0 \ \ stimulation ("wheeLru nnln~ round. 0'" wn irl p It~ iI' water.,·· i. visual d ill efrect~ and tinn Itu~ ("noyse in the ear~") U5
factors gel111ane to the etiology of vertigo:
The \ferngo i ~ a sudden darkening of the eye~ and sighl by a vaporous & hot spiri t which a&cendeth to the head by the sleepy arteryes [carotid arteries]. and fils the braine, disturbing the humours and spirits which are cantey ned there, & tossing them unequally, as if one ran round, or had drunk too much wine. This hot spirit oft-times riseth from the heart upwards
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by the internall sleepy arteries to the Rete mirabile, or wonderfull net; otherwhiles it is generated in the brain, its selfe being more hot than is fitting; also it oft-times ariseth from the stomack, spleen, liver and other entrals being too hot. The signe of this disease is the sudden darkening of the sight, and the closing up as it were of the eyes, the body being lightly turned about. or by looking upon wheels running round. or whirle pits in waters. or by looking dmvn allY deep '> 1' qeep place~ . If The ()riglnall t 1(' the disease '1 rnceed from the braille. I he na
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tles:.:e of ihe heau. the !1ny,e in il1(:: ~ars Clnu Ilfttllnes lhey lose their smell. .. , :2)
Based upon these etiologic schemata, treatments included a combination of measures directed at the stomach and central nervous system:
Fyrst let ye paciem beware of drynkyng of wine or strong drynkes, they must beware of eatyng of chibolles, garlyke, and onyons, and all vaporous meates & drynkes, and let them use pilles of cochie to purge the stomake and the hed, and gargariees be good for this matter, and yerapigra, and sue he men havynge this passion let them beware of clymnge or goynge up upon highe hyUes or rounde stayres. (3)
This communication reviews recent advances in our understanding of pathways in the central nervous system that receive vestibular and visceral information. These pathways appear to be neural substrates for vestibular influences on
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direct projections from cerebellar Purkinje cells, which form a second major component of these circuits. Different brain stem pathways receive projections from different cerebellar regions. For example, vestibulo-ocular reflex pathways are affected by the flocculo-nodular lobe, while vestibulospinal pathways are intluenced by the anterior lobe. We will develop an initial working hypothesis that vestibulo-autonomic pathways follow rhese ~ame ba!-.lc principles' ,)f organization.
Detailed .;(uuies nf rhe relationship between rhe fl()c..:~I1(j- ;l uLiuiar :()iJe anti ve~[ibLllo-oclllar
.;·erlex relay neurons ha .. e generated the hypothesis that cer~bellar ..:: ircuits can be divided into discrete modular units that modulate activity in highly specific vestibulo-ocular reflex pathways (for example, 4-15). These data gave rise to the microcomplex hypothesis (4), which stated that the cerebellum is organized into basic units, termed microcomplexes (Figure 1, panels B and C). Microcomplexes are defined anatomically by a network of specific interconnections between groups of cells in the inferior olive, sagittal groups of cerebellar Purkinje cells (microzones) and pools of cells in the cerebellar nuclei and/or the vestibular nuclei. The inferior olivary component is defined by crossed projections of their axons (climbing fibers) to both a pool of Purkinje cells in cerebellar cortex and the target neurons of the same Purkinje cells in the cerebellar or vestibular nuclei. The cerebellar component, or microzone is defined both by efferent projections of Purkinje cells to specitlc pools of cerebellar or vestibular nuclear neurons and by
remotion sickness and the perception of one's re- flexes. distinct cerebellar microcomplexes aplationship to gravitointertial forces . pear to be responsible for control of vestibulo-
--------oIP~roee.,'"ie"'alt!"~!lS48!!1t!lt!Ie~ie!'J!!!I ... (Etf'iee"'r'f!ft~rf'Ee"".o!.ie~'fI"'~, ~!leele~iee1'~e~iee'li!lte~e~ ... e~e~dril!llltil'"2!ltimld~o~prttoO'lki~·mhreetiti-c.-c reflex eye movements in 4) indicate that there are several basic principles the planes of the horizontal, posterior, and supeof organization of vestibular nuclear pathways rior semicircular canals (4,13). For example, a that mediate vestibulo-ocular and vestibulospi- microcomplex related to horizontal vestibulonal responses (Figure 1, panel A). At the core of ocular reflex control consists of climbing tiber each pathway is a pool of neurons in the vestib- projections from the caudal dorsal cap that reular nuclei, which receives inputs from specific spond to retinal slip (global movement of the vicombinations of afferents from vestibular end- sual world) in the plane of the horizontal semiorgans and projects to either motoneurons or in- circular canal (16), a band of Purkinje cells in temeurons that mediate the motor responses the central flocculus termed zone II or "H-zone", (for example, see references 4,7). These pools and a pool of neurons in a region termed "pars of vestibular nucleus cells are also modulated by beta" of the lateral vestibular nucleus or the
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Figure 1. Schematic diagram of the organization of cerebellar microcomplexes involved in vestibular information processing. (A) Block diagram of the basic organization of these pathways. (B) Basic form of the microcomplex hypothesis (4). Microcompiexes are modular circuits defined by a specific pattern of connections between a pool of inferior olivary cells, a sagittal group of cerebellar Purkinje cells, and a pool of neurons in the vestibular (or, in the general case, cerebellar) nuclei. (e) Modified form of the microcomplex hypothesis based on more recent data. Two additional features are incorporatec. First. ipsilateral nucleo-olivarl' connections may provide <. substrate for bilaterai coordination 0 " activity in microzones. Second. collateralized projection~ of Climbing fibers to multiple cerebeller mlcrozones may oe a substrate for coordinatior 0; activity ir paralle motor pathways.
magnocellular medial vestibular nucl~ui> (re-viewed in reference 4). .
The result~ of recent neuroanatomical studies are consistent with the hypothesis that vestibulo-ocular and vestibulo-autonomic pathways in the brain stem and cerebellum show similar principles of organization. Following the example of studies of vestibulo-ocular circuits, these studies have proceeded in two logical steps: (a) identification of the topographic organization of cells in the vestibular nuclei that project to cen-
tral autonomic pathway~ and (b) identification of connectiom between "autonomic" sites it: the cerebellar conex and vestibular nuclear region~ that influence brain stem autonomic regions. These studies have provided the first anatomical characterization of direct vestibular nucleus projections to brain stem autonomic pathways (17-22) and have identified connections between these vestibulo-autonomic regions and several regions of the cerebellum. These findings are consistent with the basic organizational features
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of vestibulo-ocular pathways and provide a basis for identifying features of cerebellar microcomplexes that influence the activity of striated muscle (somatic motor system) versus smooth muscle (autonomic nervous system). These findings also may provide insights into neural mechanisms that coordinate somatic and autonomic motor activity during gravito-inertial challenges imposed by changes in posture. by aircraft maneuvers, by travel on ~hips. or by space travel.
Vestibuiar :"iuciei :mo Vestibuio-Autonomic Pathways
A major result from recent studies has been the characterization of a network of vestibuloautonomic projections in the brain stem of rabbits, rats, and cats (17-22). The results are summarized schematically in Figure 2, which divides brain stem vestibulo-autonomic circuits into three components: (a) a vestibulo-autonomic region in the vestibular nuclei, (b) a direct de-
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scending pathway to brain stem circuitry for vestibulo-autonomic "reflexes", and (c) an ascending pathway to the parabrachial nucleus. This latter pathway can int1uence both the medullary autonomic regions (telmed the indirect descending vestibulo-autonomic pathway) and more rostral regions of the hypothalamus, amygdala and neocortex. which are likely to mediate neuroendocrine and affccti ve responses' to vestibular and autonomic ~til11ulati()n (see rel"erence :20 fOI' further discussion l.
·-\na[(1l11lcal uala lI1uic:lle Lilal ··.'esribulo-.lu[Onomic :J<lrhways Ilnginat-: from a region tilat incl uJe~ the dorsal aspect of [he superior vestibular nucleus (SVNl. 'pars alpha (or cauJovenrral aspect) of the lateral vestibular nucleus (La),
the caudal half of the medial vestibular nucleus and the inferior vestibular nucleus (17-22). Two subdivisions of this vestibular nuclear region can be distinguished on the basis of efferent connectivity. A caudal region (caudal medial vestibular nucleus and the inferior vestibular nucleus) contributes both (a) light descending pro-
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Figure 2. Diagram of central vestibulo-autonomlc pathways. Abbreviations: Amb/PAmb-nucleus ambiguusl nucleus paramblguus complex, OM Vagus-dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve, L Tegmentum-lateral tegmental field of the medullary reticular formation, VLM-rostral ventrolateral medulla.
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jections to the nucleus of the solitary tract, the dorsal motor vagal nucleus, the nucleus ambiguus, the ventrolateral medullary reticular formation (rVLM), the nucleus raphe magnus, and the lateral medullary tegmentum and (b) ascending projections to the parabrachial nucleus. A ro<,tral region (the superior vestibular nucleu!> and the rostral pole of the medial vestibular nucleus), though, contributes only ascending projections
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ciprocal connections. However. there is evidence that they differ in the relative density of
(23), rabbits. and monkeys (24). density noradrenergic innervation is substantially greater in the rostral region (superior vestibular nucleus) than caudally. By contrast, the limited evidence to date suggests that the caudal region receives a denser serotonergic innervation (25,26).
The connection diagram in Figure 2 presents the hypothesis that descending vestibulo-autonomic projections represent a final common output of the "vestibular nucleus relay" to brain stem autonomic output circuits. A corollary is that these pathways mediate the so-called "vestibulo-sympathetic reflex" (27,28). This hypothesis is consistent with the replicated observation that lesions of the caudal medial vestibular nucleus abolish vestibular-evoked autonomic responses (28-30). It also appears that interspecies differences in the organization of descending vestibulo-autonomic projections are associated with different autonomic responses during ve~tibular dysfunction and l11otiol~ sickne!>~ . For example. the projection 1(' nu:ku.' tractw-. ~oh
tarius shows a common patlern in rat~ and rahbit~. with reiativei) heu\') innej'\ aLIUI , IC ilk
ventrolateral subnucleus (dorsal respiratory group) and to the ventral and intermediate ~L1bnuclei. By contrast. there are negligible vestibular nuclear projections to the medial subnucleu!.. a region that receives gastrointestinal inputs (31-33). It is interesting that the projections to the dorsal respiratory group and a lack of input to the medial solitary subnucleus are present in species with extremely prominent respiratory responses to vestibular stimulation (35-36), but no emetic responses. Cats show the opposite pattern of organization of vestibulosolitary pro-
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jections: the medial SUbnucleus receives the densest vestibular nucleus inputs, with few terminations in the ventrolateral subnucleus. These differences are consistent with reported behavior during vestibular dysfunction in these species. These findings are consistent with the failure of dorsal respiratory group lesions to alter vestibulorespiratory responses in cats (38). In addition, the prominent projections to the me-dial subnucleus contribute to
tibular dysfunction in cats (37). An hypothesis implicit in Figure 2 is the ex-
on 10 portIOns of classically defined vestibular and autonomic pathways, such that both acceleration of the head and visceral consequences of changes in body orientation are integrated in these pathways to control somatic and visceral responses. Both anatomic and physiologic evidence indicate a direct convergence of vestibular and visceral information on neurons in sites such as the nucleus of the solitary tract (17,18,21) and the rostral ventrolateral medullary reticular formation (21,37), which may be a factor in the wellnoted similarities between motion sickness and responses to ingestion of toxins (38). Anatomical data predict a similar convergence within the parabrachial nuclear complex (20,21). Finally, recent data suggest a direct convergence of vestibular and autonomic information with the vestibular nuclei via parabrachiovestibular connections (39). The potential convergence of vestibular and milonomic info:-mation in vestibular l1ucle~i;' cirC'Llil~ is anaiog(lu~ tll the convergence of ocuiar milto]" i e~/e po;..itiol1 and e~' c ve-
cells mediating vestibulo-ocular reflexe~ (40. 41 ). These interactions prcl\"ide a potentia; anatomical basis for Mittelstaedt's experimental evidence that psychophysical determinations of the spatial vertical reflect an interaction between vestibular and visceral signals (42). However, in a broader sense, these data are consistent with the hypothesis that vestibular and autonomic pathways use both vestibular (semicircular canal and otolith) and visceral (for example, blood pooling and visceral proprioception) to construct central rcprC:S i ' icltions of the gr, ito-
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Inertial forces. These central repl"""ntations then influence vestibular and autonomic function.
The ascending projections to the parabrachial nucleus appear to represent an integrated vestibular and autonomic influence on ascending limbic, prefrontaL and hypothalamic pathways. These pathways may form a neural substrate for affective. cognitive, and neuroendocline manifestations of vestibular dysfunction. motion 'ickness. and responses to altered gravita.t ional enVironments (~O.21) . [11 parricu lar. cirI:uitry linking rhe vestibular and parabrach ial ;WCle! :n;l ) pro ' 'ue ~ l le llr~il ,uo-,tralc ,'O f :. 11.: :11 -
leracti PIlS be[ween rrcti i "jJ') ~ing cognitive .IIlU affect! Ve fac tors in the de\ c lopment \)f both motion sickness ,lIld ps ychiatric disorders (for i~X
ample. panic disorder with agoraphobia and height phobia) that are chmacterized by space and motion discomfort (43,44).
Cerebellar Modulation of Vestibulo-autonomic Circuits
It is well-known that the effects of vestibular nucleus circuits on somatic motor function are under cerebellar modulation (see reference 4 for a review). An extensive literature has characterized discrete regions of the cerebellar cortex that contribute direct projections to vestibuloocular and vestibulospinal reflex circuitry in the vestibular nuclei (reviewed in reference 4). For example, different parasagittal groups of Purkinje cells in the cerebellar flocculus are connected with pools of vestibular nucleus neurons that
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dlJ lJh.:rcase in the gain of the vestibulo-ocular reflex (due to disinhibition) and an attenuation of adaptive changes in reflex performance. For example, microinjections of GABA agonists in the flocculus depress the gain of both vestibuloocular and optokinetic responses (46), and lesions impair the adaptive modification of vestibulo-ocular retlexes (reviewed in reference 4).
Previous studies have identified foul' regions of the medial aspect of cerebellar cortex that affect :lUtonomic function (Figure 3): I) an intermeuinlateral site on the border of lobule IX and che H)UlIiu':. 2) a calldai /osterim lohe region in .w ne -\ of lobule IX . .3) a "oslral posterior lobe region in zone .-\ of lobules VlIa Through VUla. ;lno .1) ;ln ~lnterior lobe region within lOne A of lobules I through III (reviewed in reference -\,7). Elecuical stimulation of different sites in these regions produces either pressor of depressor responses, probably through inhibition of brain stem autonomic circuits that influence tonic adrenergic (sympathetic) outflow to the periphery. The data also suggest that both the anterior lobe and caudal posterior lobe regions can alter the gain (sensitivity) of brain stem cardiovascular reflexes. These medial cerebellar regions, particularly the anterior lobe and the uvula-nodulus, also subserve a role in control of posture and locomotion (reviewed in reference 4). Since the cerebellar cortex plays an important role in the coordination of somatic movements, it is possible that these regions contribute differentially to the coordination of somatic and autonomic motor activity (reviewed in reference 47). The existing evidence suggests that the rostral poste-
Two properties of these circuits are useful as criteria for triggering orienting responses and general criteria for identification of cerebellar assists in coordination of the visceral and so-
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clear circuits. First, stimulation of the cerebellar (reviewed in reference 47). However, the pub-region produces effects consistent with inhibi- lished evidence suggests that the intermediolat-tion of the post-synaptic vestibular nucleus cir- eral nodulus-uvula, caudal posterior lobe. and cuit. In the case of the tlocculus, microstimula- anterior lobe areas are strong candidates for cer-tion of sites in different zones both inhibits ebellar regions that directly inhibit the sites of discrete canal-ocular reflexes (4,6,7) and pro- origin of vestibulo-autonomic pathways. duces slow eye movements (for example, 45), Three convergent lines of evidence suggest presumably by inhibiting the tonic discharge that a zone in the intermediolateral aspect of the rates of cells that mediate plane-specific reflexes. nodulus and ventral uvula is the cerebellar comSecondly, inactivation or ablation produces both ponent of circuitry mediating vestibulo-auto-
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Figure 3. Diagram of cerebellar regions related to autonomic function. Four medial cerebellar regions (shaded) appear to influence autonomic function: 1) an intermediolateral site on the border of lobule IX and the nodulus (Lateral Nodulus-Uvula Region), 2) a caudal posterior lobe region in zone A of lobule IX (Medial Uvula Region), 3) a rostral posterior lobe region in zone A of lobules Vila through Villa (Rostral Posterior Lobe Region), and 4) an anterior lobe region within zone A of lobules I through III (reviewed in reference 47). A region in lobules IV and V that Influences respiratory movements is also Indicated. Arrows schematically Indicate the efferent connectivity of three regions that are likely to affect regions of the vestibular nuclei that contribute ascending and descending vestibulo-autonomic connections.
nomic responses. First, anatomical evidence from rabbits indicates that the dorsal aspect of the superior vestibular nucleus receives projections from a sagittal group of Purkinje cells centered approximatel) :; mm lateral to the midline (48-50 and unpubl ished observations). Second. the intermediolateral aspec: of the n(ldulu~-L1vLlI'1
border U1:ea ha" been termeci the "n(\dulu~-lI\'ul,: depre\sor site" in rabbit~ beCUL!<,t •. ::·'!:):":·~il '
dror in blood pressure: is evokec b) electrical. microstimulation (49.5 i .52). Tim site is centered approximately 3 mm lateral to the midline. Third, the depressor response elicited trom this region is blocked by microinjections of bicuculline into the dorsal aspect of the superior vestibular nucleus (49). Finally, the climbing fiber innervation of this zone apparently reflects retinal slip signals in the plane of the vertical semicircular canals (53) (with possibly a small intercalated area in thr dorsal nodulus reflecting
an otolithic (utricular) signal (15,54)). These directional tuning signs of the physiologic response properties of the climbing fiber input are consistent with the tuning of vestibulosympa. thetic responses near the pitch plane (55).
The l1lediai a"peci of thl:' uvula (lobule IX) is another candiclat~· for a cerehella;' cOl1lpOnelll of' veslibui0-:Iutf"1. '!'1ic ::irC'uit~. Slil11uiatioi' If thi~
p:gior f'··(lCi~~:. ~. \,. -;\:1'.~"'~'1' :· ~\I:..n~):"\ ' .. ~ t') .. · ".,, · .... ~!l·
cii<!. decreased rena ; nerVe" aCli\'i[y and hindlimb vasodilatation in anesthetized preparatiom and pressor response~. tachycardia. increa~ed renal nerve activity, and both renal and hindlimb vasoconstriction in decrebrate animals (56-58). Lesion studies suggest that the depressorlbradycardic responses in anesthetized animals are mediated via ascending Purkinje cell projections (through the superior cerebellar peduncle or the uncinate fasciculus) to the region of lateral parabrachial nucleus, but that pressorltachy-
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ccu'die responses are mediated via projections through the inferior cerebellar peduncle to either the medial parabrachial nucleus (59) or the superior, rostral medial and inferior vestibular nuclei (for example, 10,59,60). Although Paton and colleagues (59) presented autoradiographic evidence that tritiated amino acid injections into lobule IXb produce anterograde labeling in the caudal aspect of the lateral and medial parabrachi.1! nucleus. it is unclear whether this represents axon . termi nal or uvula-vestibular fiber!> of pas\age in rhe ::tncinate fascicuillS (50). TI1Ll~. ' ne ":\I ~ tll1g data ar .: _·() I1S j ~. iI:::1t ' vq h 'he: .1yo" [I~e
.~I;' Ihat ;~ones i )f uVlli a ? urkinje : ..!!l, nay be ':0111-
pnnenrs of central vestibulo-autonomic circuits. The medial aspect of the anterior lobe is a
third potential cerebell:.u· component of vestibulo-autonomic circuits. Beginning with pioneering studies by Moruzzi (61-63) and Wiggers (64), both depressor responses and pressor responses have been elicited from sites within the medial aspect of lobules I through III (57,65,66). These blood pressure changes are not accompanied by heart rate responses (61,62), which suggests that activation of these regions may also depress baroreceptor reflexes. Two other lines of evidence suggest that the anterior lobe may contribute to control of blood pressure lability. First, anterior lobe stimulation suppresses both spontaneous Meyer waves (fluctuations in mean blood pressure with a period of 10 s) and carotid sinus ret1exes (61-64). Second, these effects of cerebeller stimulation on cardiovascular lability are selective because Meyer waves are enhanced by anterior lobe ablation (67) without a concomitant effect on Heling-Traube waves (spontaneous blood pressure variations at respiratory frequency). Nisimaru and colleagues (66) reported that stimulation sites that produce cardiovascular effects are located.predorninantly in zone A, a region that reportedly projects to the rostral fasti-
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gial nucleus (for example, 4,68), rostral medial vestibular nucleus (10) and parabrachial region (69). However, more detailed studies are needed to determine whether anterior lobe Purkinje cells influence vestibulo-autonomic pathways.
Conclusion
In conclusion. recent stl1die~ have identified ~oth vestibular nuckar and <.:~rebellar regions ,hal .tppe:t!' '0 :ntegrale vestibular and autoJomic :n(ll1'1l1ulion . The!>e central circuits have the pUlenrial [0 explain the strong association hetween vestibular stimulation and autonomic Illotor responses through descending effects on brain stem autonomic regions. In addition to providing substrates for autonomic manifestations of vestibular dysfunction (70) and motion sickness (71) , these pathways provide potential substrates for documented effects of vestibular stimulation on cardiovascular (72,73) and respiratory responses (74). Similarly, convergence of vestibular and autonomic information in these pathways is consistent with the concept that perception of the spatial vertical is determined as a function of both vestibular and visceral inputs (42). Even more intriguing is the emerging recognition that vestibular dysfunction can have major affective consequences, contributing to the symptomatology of several anxiety disorders, such as panic disorder with agoraphobia, agoraphobia without panic, and height phobias (-1.3.44). Further studies of the ascending vestib-ulo-autonomic path ways ha v~e-,t~h~e_p~o~t~e!!ntl!"!' al~~to:....-__ ..... ___ • provide important insights into the neurobio~ logic bases for these disorders.
Acknowledgment-Supported by PHS grant ROl DC00739 from the NIDCD.
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