Optokinetic and vestibulo-ocular reflex adjustment by GABA antagonists

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 89-97

  Reber, Annie ^a   Poitevin, Bernard ^b   Leroy, Marie Hélène ^a   Nzobounsana, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b Boiron   (France)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; cocculus; optokinetic nystagmus; picrotoxin; pigmented rat; vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EYE MOVEMENTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 0030297370     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(96)00049-6     Document Type: Article

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