椭圆囊神经
Nervus utricularis
定义
椭圆囊神经是一个神经分支,负责传递来自椭圆囊(囊斑)的感觉信息,椭圆囊是膜迷路的组成部分。这些神经传入纤维走行于前庭神经上支中,与来自膜迷路其他组成部分的感觉神经元伴行,包括外半规管和前半规管(的壶腹)以及球囊(囊斑)的上部。
前庭神经上支中的所有神经元最终终止于前庭神经节的上部。
參考資料
Iwasaki, S., Chihara, Y., Smulders, Y.E., Burgess, A.M., Halmagyi, G.M., Curthoys, I.S. and Murofushi, T. (2009). The role of the superior vestibular nerve in generating ocular vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials to bone conducted vibration at Fz. Clinical Neurophysiology, 120(3), pp.588-593 & Fig 1.
Himmelein, S., Lindemann, A., Sinicina, I., Horn, A.K.E., Brandt, T., Strupp, M. and Hüfner, K. (2017). Differential Involvement during Latent Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Infection of the Superior and Inferior Divisions of the Vestibular Ganglia: Implications for Vestibular Neuritis. Journal of Virology. 91(14), e00331-17. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00331-17