The vestibular primary afferents and the vestibulospinal projections in the developing and adult opossum, Monodelphis domestica

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-88

  Pflieger, Jean François ^a   Cabana, Thérèse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Marsupials; Ontogeny; Sensorimotor system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CEREBELLUM; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; LOCOMOTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0029950007     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00196317     Document Type: Article

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