A review of otolith pathways to brainstem and cerebellum

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 871, Issue , 1999, Pages 51-64

  Buttner Ennever J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; INFERIOR OLIVE; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MOTONEURON; NEUROANATOMY; OTOLITH; SACCULUS; SENSORY NERVE; THALAMUS; UTRICLE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033016751     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb09175.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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