Responses of neurons of the cat central cervical nucleus to natural neck and vestibular stimulation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 2786-2789

  Thomson, D B ^a   Isu, N ^a,b   Wilson, V J ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CERVICAL PLEXUS; HEAD MOVEMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION;

EID: 0029858071     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.4.2786     Document Type: Article

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