Differential central projections of physiologically characterized horizontal semicircular canal vestibular nerve afferents in the toadfish, Opsanus tau

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 384, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-85

  Mensinger, Allen F ^a   Carey, John P ^b   Boyle, Richard ^c   Highstein, Stephen M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Synaptic bouton; Teleost; Vestibular nuclei

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSORY NERVE; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; FISHES; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 0031009587     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970721)384:1<71::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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