Complex vestibular macular anatomical relationships need a synthetic approach

Mammalian vestibular maculae are anatomically organized for complex paralle l processing of linear acceleration information, Anatomical findings in rat maculae are provided in order to underscore this complexity, which is litt le understood functionally. This report emphasizes that a synthetic approac h is critical to understanding how maculae function and the kind of informa tion they conduct to the brain.