Vestibular influences on cat lumbar paravertebral muscles

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 189-192

  Brophy, G M ^a   Rossiter, C D ^a   Bolton, P S ^b   Yates, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

otolith organ; posture; vestibulospinal reflex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL REFLEX; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; HEAD; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFLEX; ROTATION; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0031039453     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)13432-2     Document Type: Article

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