Excitatory and inhibitory inputs from saccular afferents to single vestibular neurons in the cat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2186-2192

  Uchino, Y ^a   Sato, H ^a   Suwa, H ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HAIR CELL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NONHUMAN; POLYSYNAPTIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULUS; SENSORY NERVE; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 0030766164     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.4.2186     Document Type: Article

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