Morphological identification of physiologically characterized afferents innervating the turtle posterior crista

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1202-1223

  Brichta, Alan M ^a,b   Goldberg, Jay M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; HAIR CELL; MAMMAL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPIKE; TURTLE;

EID: 0034064716     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.3.1202     Document Type: Article

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