Complex spike activity of Purkinje cells in the ventral uvula and nodulus of pigeons in response to translational optic flow

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 256-266

  Wylie, Douglas R W ^a   Frost, Barrie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BODY POSTURE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE MOVEMENT; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0032989055     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.1.256     Document Type: Article

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