A hypergravity related sensitive period during the development of the roll induced vestibuloocular reflex in an amphibian (Xenopus laevis)

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-28

  Horn, Eberhard ^a   Sebastian, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Development; Hypergravity; Sensitive period; Vestibuloocular reflex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; GRAVITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; XENOPUS;

EID: 0030595283     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12993-1     Document Type: Article

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