Afferent signals from the extraocular muscles affect the gain of the horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex in the alert pigeon

Vision Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1001-1011

  Donaldson, I M L ^a   Knox, P C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afferents; Extraocular muscles; Pigeon; Vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; EYE MOVEMENTS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR;

EID: 0034011098     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00246-1     Document Type: Article

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