Mauthner and reticulospinal responses to the onset of acoustic pressure and acceleration stimuli

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1422-1437

  Casagrand, Janet L ^a   Guzik, Audrey L ^a,b   Eaton, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GOLDFISH; MAUTHNER CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

EID: 0032823821     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.3.1422     Document Type: Article

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