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The vestibular sensory epithelia are innervated by at least two types of nerve fibres, an efferent centrifugal innervation, and an afferent centripetal innervation. Apart from the report by Spoendlin (1966) that tight junctions occur between the nerve endings and the plasma membrane of the mammalian Type I hair cell and may therefore form an ephaptic contact, the bulk of available evidence suggests that both types of synapses are chemically mediated. It is of interest to know the identity and possible mode of action of the neurotransmitters involved.
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Thornhill, R.A. (1974). Biochemical and Histochemical Studies on Vestibular Neurotransmission. In: Symposium Mechanoreception. Abhandlungen der Rheinisch-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-01719-6_15
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