Spatial orientation of semicircular canals and afferent sensitivity vectors in pigeons

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-20

  Dickman, J David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canal planes; Oculomotor; Primary afferents; Vestibular; Vestibulo cochlear nerve

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HEAD MOVEMENT; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STEREOTAXIS;

EID: 0029764837     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00229550     Document Type: Article

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