Visual and vestibular influences on head-direction cells in the anterior thalamus of the rat

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 643-660

  Blair, Hugh T ^a   Sharp, Patricia E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; DIRECTIONAL VISION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; THALAMUS; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0029833844     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.110.4.643     Document Type: Article

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