Convergence patterns of the posterior semicircular canal and utricular inputs in single vestibular neurons in cats

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-148

  Zakir, M ^a   Kushiro, K ^a   Ogawa, Y ^a   Sato, H ^a   Uchino, Y ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angular acceleration; Linear acceleration; Posterior semicircular canal nerve; Utricular nerve; Vestibular nuclei neuron

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SPINAL CORD; UTRICLE; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; NECK MUSCLES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 0034102964     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210000336     Document Type: Article

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