Both stimulus strength and rate alter the responding patterns of non-determinant learning procedures in vestibular nucleus

초록

Background The vestibular system is known as one of the most dynamic areas for the non-determinant learning procedures, habituation and sensitization, which the responding intensity decreases or increases, respectively. In general, the neuronal responding intensity changes depending on the stimulus characteristics (strength, type, rate, etc.). However, it is elusive if there is any dominant stimulus factor over others to change the neuronal responding intensity. Here, we investigated the effects of stimulus characteristics, comparing the slopes of habituated or sensitized responses.