Behavioural changes in hamsters with otoconial malformations

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 86-89

  Sondag, H N P M ^a   De Jong, H A A ^a   Van Marle, J ^b   Oosterveld, W J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Labyrinths; Otolith organs; Saccule; Scanning electron microscopy; Utricle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SACCULUS; SWIMMING; UTRICLE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; HUMANS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SACCULE AND UTRICLE;

EID: 0031912335     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016489850155189     Document Type: Article

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