The neuronal potentiation of the neurons in the vestibular nucleus (VN) by galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS)

초록

Background The study for plasticity has focused on some specific regions, such as hippocampus and olfactory bulb, in the brain, and that in the vestibular nucleus (VN) has been rarely investigated. However, the plasticity shown as the neuronal potentiation in the VN is strongly related with vestibular compensation, and it might exhibit in the early structural level. Here, we explored the neuronal potentiation in the VN by analyzing the vestibular-related neurons responding to galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS).