Motor corollary discharge activity and sensory responses related to ventilation in the skate vestibulolateral cerebellum: Implications for electrosensory processing

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 673-681

  Hjelmstad, Gregory O ^a   Parks, Geoffrey ^a   Bodznick, David ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Efference copy; Elasmobranch; Electroreception; Proprioception; Raja erinacea; Skate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030043577     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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