Tilt responses of neurons in the caudal descending nucleus of the decerebrate cat: Influence of the caudal cerebellar vermis and of neck receptors

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1242-1249

  Wilson, V J ^a   Ikegami, H ^a,b   Schor, R H ^a,c   Thomson, D B ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; DECEREBRATION; HEAD MOVEMENT; NECK; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

EID: 0029869428     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.3.1242     Document Type: Article

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