The neural substrate of the vestibulocollic reflex. What needs to be learned

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 483-493

  Wilson, Victor J ^a   Schor, Robert H ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cat; Short latency pathways; Vestibulocollic reflex; Vestibulospinal and reticulospinal pathways

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MOTONEURON; NECK MUSCLE; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

EID: 0032762497     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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