Spatial coordination by descending vestibular signals 2. Response properties of medial and lateral vestibulospinal tract neurons in alert and decerebrate cats

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-100

  Iwamoto, Y ^a   Perlmutter, S I ^a,b   Baker, J F ^a   Peterson, B W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Lateral vestibulospinal tract neurons; Medial vestibulospinal tract neurons; Semicircular canal convergence; Vestibulospinal reflexes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; DECEREBRATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ANIMALS; CATS; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NECK MUSCLES; NEURONS; REFERENCE VALUES; ROTATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPINAL CORD; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0030008143     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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