Canal-specific excitation and inhibition of frog second-order vestibular neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1363-1372

  Straka, H ^a,b   Biesdorf, S ^a   Dieringer, N ^a  

^a Physiologisches Institut   (Germany)

^b Dept of Physiology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; FROG; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VESTIBULAR NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0030823385     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.3.1363     Document Type: Article

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