Excitatory connections between neurons of the central cervical nucleus and vestibular neurons in the cat

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 381-386

  Sato, H ^a   Ohkawa, T ^a   Uchino, Y ^a   Wilson, V J ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Central cervical nucleus; Vestibular projection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NECK MUSCLE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; NECK; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 0030751148     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005708     Document Type: Article

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