Morphometric analysis of the human vestibular nuclei

Cytoarchitectural investigations of the vestibular nuclei have been undertaken in different species of mammals. These data provide a description of the general architecture of the nuclei but limited information about quantitative characteristics of their cell population. We have recently obtained data about the morphometric parameters of the vestibular nuclei neurons in some species. The application of quantitative image analysis techniques to the research of the cellular morphology in the vestibular area of humans might provide basic information to compare with data from animal studies, taking into account the observed correlation between physiological and morphological properties of vestibular neurons.

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