Contribution of the cerebellar anterior vermis to the gain and spatiotemporal properties of the vestibulospinal reflex: A behavioural and cellular analysis

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-227

  Manzoni, D ^a   Andre, P ^a   Pompeiano, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HEAD TILTING; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PURKINJE CELL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPINAL REFLEX; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; CEREBELLUM; DECEREBRATE STATE; FORELIMB; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFLEX; ROTATION; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS; VESTIBULE;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0033935163     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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