Behaviour of adult hamsters subjected to hypergravity

Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-18

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air righting reflex; Balancing; Otoconia; Swimming

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAVITY; HAMSTER; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHTING REFLEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALCIUM; CRICETINAE; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; HYPERGRAVITY; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0032948632     PISSN: 09574271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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