Properties of utricular nerve-activated vestibulospinal neurons in cats

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-202

  Sato, H ^a   Endo, K ^a   Ikegami, H ^a   Imagawa, M ^a   Sasaki, M ^a   Uchino, Y ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cat; Lateral and medial vestibulospinal tracts; Utricular nerve; Vestibular nuclei; Vestibulospinal neuron

Indexed keywords

ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAT; ELECTRODE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SPINAL CORD; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

EID: 0029839630     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00227638     Document Type: Article

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