Excitatory and inhibitory vestibular pathways to the extraocular motor nuclei in goldfish

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2765-2779

  Graf, Werner ^a   Spencer, Robert ^b   Baker, Harriet ^c   Baker, Robert ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; GOLDFISH; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATENT PERIOD; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 0030951854     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.5.2765     Document Type: Article

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