The Accessory Optic System and its Relation to the Vestibulocerebellum

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 50, Issue C, 1979, Pages 715-724

  Simpson, J I ^a   Soodak, R E ^a   Hess, R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; NERVE CELL; OPTIC NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMAL; CEREBELLUM; NEURONS; OPTIC NERVE; RABBITS; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VISION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0018559845     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)60868-7     Document Type: Article

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